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Trichophyton violaceum is an anthropophilous dermatophyte endemic to parts of Africa and Asia, sporadic in Europe. It is an emerging pathogen in Italy due to immigration. We report 36 cases of infections due to T. violaceum, diagnosed in the last 5 years by mycological examination. The source of contagion was 13 children adopted from orphanages.
Side‐effects associated with levofloxacin treatment include phototoxicity, hypersensitivity and skin disorders. Purpuric eruptions have rarely been reported. We describe the case of a 75‐year‐old woman who was prescribed a 15‐day course of levofloxacin (500 mg twice a day) for hemorrhagic cystitis. On exposure to sunlight, the patient developed a pruritic purpuric eruption on the lower extremities...
We report two cases of tinea corporis purpurica of the legs, presumably caused by self‐inoculation of the mycete from the toenails, in two elderly women (80 and 78 years). Trichophyton violaceum was isolated from the skin and nails. Histological examination of a biopsy specimen from the leg lesions confirmed the diagnosis. The source of infection was an Ethiopian carer who had tinea capitis in the...
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