| ecology of dermatophyte infections in south bronx, new york, 1969 to 1981. | this survey describes the ecology of superficial dermatophyte infections in south bronx, new york from 1969 to 1981. the predominant species were trichophyton rubrum (castellani) sabouraud, 1911 (57.5%), followed by trichophyton tonsurans malmsten, 1845 (18.5%), trichophyton mentagrophytes (robin) blanchard, 1986 (11.5%), microsporum canis bodin var. canis matsumoto, padhye, and ajello, 1902 (5%), epidermophyton floccosum (harz) langeron and milochevitch, 1930 (3.9%), and m. audouinii gruby, 184 ... | 1987 | 3819069 |
| first isolation of trichophyton fischeri in the united states. | a 49-year-old male with pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was seen at bellevue hospital in new york, n.y. sputum samples yielded cultures of candida lusitaniae, mycobacterium avium, and a filamentous fungus, trichophyton fischeri. t. fischeri is a nonpathogenic fungus which resembles the dermatophyte trichophyton rubrum. this is the first record of the species from u.s. sources. this case exemplifies the ecological differences between t. fischeri and t. rubrum and illustrates how correct identifica ... | 1998 | 9774603 |