| isolation of microsporum gallinae from a fighting cock (gallus gallus domesticus) in japan. | a case of tinea corporis caused by microsporum gallinae was found in 2011 in okinawa, located in the southern part of japan. the patient was a 96-year-old, otherwise healthy, japanese man, who had been working as a breeder of fighting cocks for more than 70 years. he was bitten on his right forearm by one of the cocks and a few weeks later, two erythematous macules appeared on the right forearm, accompanied by a slight itchy sensation. while the first isolate of this dermatophyte was recovered f ... | 2013 | 22809243 |