The Brief Case: A case of tinea corporis caused by drug-resistant Trichophyton indotineae identified by broad-range fungal DNA sequencing

J Clin Microbiol. 2024 Aug 14;62(8):e0023424. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00234-24. Epub 2024 Aug 14.

Authors

Allison Smith¹, Becky Wong-O'Brien², Joshua A Lieberman³, Brad T Cookson^{3

4}, Erica Grinager¹, Thao T Truong³

Affiliations

¹ Park Nicollet Dermatology, Health Partners Institute, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA.
² Regions Hospital Microbiology Laboratory, Health Partners, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.

PMID: 39140757
PMCID: PMC11323470 (available on 2025-02-14)
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00234-24

No abstract available

Keywords: DNA sequencing; antifungal resistance; dermatophytes; fungi; mycology; taxonomy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Antifungal Agents* / pharmacology
Antifungal Agents* / therapeutic use
DNA, Fungal* / genetics
Drug Resistance, Fungal* / genetics
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Sequence Analysis, DNA*
Tinea* / diagnosis
Tinea* / drug therapy
Tinea* / microbiology
Trichophyton* / classification
Trichophyton* / drug effects
Trichophyton* / genetics
Trichophyton* / isolation & purification

Substances

Antifungal Agents
DNA, Fungal

Supplementary concepts

Trichophyton indotineae