A Case of Toenail Onychomycosis Caused by Trichosporon asahii.
- Author:
Won Sin LEE
1
;
Sung Eun CHANG
;
Duck Hee KIM
;
Mi Na KIM
;
Jee Ho CHOI
;
Kyung Jeh SUNG
;
Kee Chan MOON
;
Jai Kyoung KOH
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea. derman@hanmir.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Trichosporon asahii;
Onychomycosis
- MeSH:
Agar;
Arthrodermataceae;
Fungi;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Nails*;
Onychomycosis*;
Potassium;
Trichosporon*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2002;40(8):980-982
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report the first case of toenail onychomycosis caused by Trichosporon asahii in a 60-year old Korean man. The patient presented with a typical distal subungual onychomycosis. Direct microscopic examination of scrapings on the potassium hydroxide(KOH) preparation revealed fungal elements. On modified dermatophyte agar, the colony was white color and wrinkled, folded with furrows and convolutions and microscopic morphology showed long rectangular arthroconidia and lateral blastoconidia of trichosporon species. The fungus was identified as T. asahii using API 20C AUX (bioMerieux S.A., l'Etolile, France) kit.
