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A case of Tinea incognito diagnosed coincidentally

Dilek Şatana, Yıldız Yeğenoğlu, Meltem Uzun, Zayre Erturan, Nezahat Gürler, Güzin Özarmağan.


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Abstract
Tinea incognito is a dermatophytosis of atypical clinical character, usually misdiagnosed and treated with corticosteroids. A 17-year-old girl had erythematous papules and pustules on her face, diagnosed earlier as allergy and mistreated by topical corticosteroids and antihistamines. Facial lesions had only been investigated by bacteriological methods. Propionibacterium acneswas isolated on blood agar. Culture plates of the patient were inadvertently kept in the laboratory for approximately two weeks until the growth of white powdery colonies, which were identified as Trichopytonmentagrophytes complex. Epithelial scrapings were collected again and reinvestigated by mycological methods; after two weeks T. mentagrophytes complex was isolated once again on culture media. Thus, the case was diagnosed accidentally as Tinea incognito. It was realized that the patient previously was misdiagnosed and mistreated by topical steroids. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2011; 1(2): 84-86.

Key words: Tinea incognito, dermatophyte, T. mentagrophytes


 
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Şatana D, Yeğenoğlu Y, Uzun M, Erturan Z, Gurler N, Ozarmağan G. A case of Tinea incognito diagnosed coincidentally. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011; 1(2): 84-86 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.02.0021

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Şatana D, Yeğenoğlu Y, Uzun M, Erturan Z, Gurler N, Ozarmağan G. A case of Tinea incognito diagnosed coincidentally. https://www.jmidonline.org/?mno=302657256 [Access: January 09, 2025]. doi:10.5799/jmid2011.02.0021

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Şatana D, Yeğenoğlu Y, Uzun M, Erturan Z, Gurler N, Ozarmağan G. A case of Tinea incognito diagnosed coincidentally. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011; 1(2): 84-86 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.02.0021


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Şatana D, Yeğenoğlu Y, Uzun M, Erturan Z, Gurler N, Ozarmağan G. A case of Tinea incognito diagnosed coincidentally. J Microbiol Infect Dis. (2011), [cited January 09, 2025]; 1(2): 84-86 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.02.0021


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Şatana, D., Yeğenoğlu, . Y., Uzun, . M., Erturan, . Z., Gurler, . N. & Ozarmağan, . G. (2011) A case of Tinea incognito diagnosed coincidentally. J Microbiol Infect Dis, 1 (2), 84-86 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.02.0021


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Şatana, Dilek, Yıldız Yeğenoğlu, Meltem Uzun, Zayre Erturan, Nezahat Gurler, and Guzin Ozarmağan. 2011. A case of Tinea incognito diagnosed coincidentally. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 1 (2), 84-86 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.02.0021


Chicago Style

Şatana, Dilek, Yıldız Yeğenoğlu, Meltem Uzun, Zayre Erturan, Nezahat Gurler, and Guzin Ozarmağan. "A case of Tinea incognito diagnosed coincidentally." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 1 (2011), 84-86 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.02.0021


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Şatana, Dilek, Yıldız Yeğenoğlu, Meltem Uzun, Zayre Erturan, Nezahat Gurler, and Guzin Ozarmağan. "A case of Tinea incognito diagnosed coincidentally." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 1.2 (2011), 84-86 . Print. doi:10.5799/jmid2011.02.0021


APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Şatana, D., Yeğenoğlu, . Y., Uzun, . M., Erturan, . Z., Gurler, . N. & Ozarmağan, . G. (2011) A case of Tinea incognito diagnosed coincidentally. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 1 (2), 84-86 . doi:10.5799/jmid2011.02.0021


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