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Tinea nigra palmaris
J R Hughes1, M K Moore, A C Pembroke
1Department of Dermatology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
|September 1, 1993
Abstract:
Tinea nigra is a clinically distinctive superficial mycosis of the palms, and occasionally the soles, caused by Phaeoannellomyces werneckii. A patient, resident in the United Kingdom, is described who acquired the infection in Thailand. The condition cleared after treatment with topical miconazole cream 2%.