• Title of article

    The First case of Microsporum persicolor infection in Iran

  • Author/Authors

    Naseri، Mohammad Ali نويسنده , , Fata، Abdolmajid نويسنده , , Khosravi، Ali Reza نويسنده Mycology Research Center, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, IR Iran ,

  • Issue Information
    فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی 15 سال 2012
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    362
  • To page
    364
  • Abstract
    We report the first case of Microsporum persicolor being isolated from an Iranian patient. An 8-year-old girl was examined for tinea corporis. Microscopic examination of the skin scraping performed using 15% KOH revealed hyaline septate branching mycelium and arthroconidia. Cultures of the clinical material yielded M. persicolor after 2 weeks of incubation. The isolate was identified on the basis of gross morphological characteristics of the fungal colony on Mycobiotic agar and peptone agar, microscopic characterization of slide culture, and biochemical reactions.
  • Journal title
    Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology (JJM)
  • Serial Year
    2012
  • Journal title
    Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology (JJM)
  • Record number

    681918