Bilateral Tinea Nigra of palm: A rare case report from Eastern India.
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2014-01
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A 14 year old girl from a coastal district of Odisha presented with a six month history of asymptomatic brownish patches on the palm of
the both hands. Epidermal scrape from these patches showed brown septate hyphae with occasional yeast like cells. Hortaea wernekii
was isolated from the fungal culture. A diagnosis of Tinea nigra was made. The patches resolved completely after treatment with topical
1% clotrimazole cream.
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Black fungus, H.wernekii, Tinea nigra
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Sarangi G, Dash D, Chayani N, Patjoshi S K, Jena S. Bilateral Tinea Nigra of palm: A rare case report from Eastern India. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2014 Jan- Mar ; 32 (1): 86-89.