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A 'ring in ring' skin infection in a returning traveller

Journal Contribution - Journal Article

A 40-year-old woman developed an itchy, expanding cutaneous lesion with two erythematous rings after visiting Senegal. Fungal culture revealed Microsporum audouinii, a fungus causing tinea corporis or capitis commonly in Africa but increasingly reported in outbreaks in Europe.
Journal: Journal of Travel Medicine
ISSN: 1195-1982
Publication year:2024
Keywords:Microsporum audouinii, Tinea corporis, Dermatophyte infection, Erythema migrans, Fungal infection, Imported case, Travel-acquired infection, General & internal medicine, Paramedicine
Accessibility:Open