Authors: M. Novák Authors‘ workplace: Dermatovenerologická klinika LF UK a FN, Plzeň, Přednosta: prof. MUDr. Karel Pizinger, CSc. Published in: Prakt. Lék. 2015; 95(4): 180-182 Category: Case Report
We present a case of an occupational disease caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes in a young female Zoo worker. Initially, due to the unusual clinical picture of acute purulent inflammation affecting both upper and lower eyelid of the left eye, the diagnosis of herpetic infection, impetiginized dermatitis or zoonosis was suggestive. The suspicion of fungal infection was confirmed by the positive effect of antifungal therapy and finally by in vitro cultivation. We would like to emphasize the importance of detailed occupational patient history within the diagnostics of fungal infections of the skin and consequential evaluation as an occupationally induced disease.
Keywords: tinea – Trichophyton mentagrophytes – occupational disease
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