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Human onychomycosis caused by Trichophyton equinum transmitted from a racehorse
S Huovinen1, E Tunnela, P Huovinen
1Medical Mycology Laboratory Sieni-Pulssi, Medical Center Pulssi, Turku, Finland.
The British Journal of Dermatology
|September 25, 1998
Abstract:
We report fingernail onychomycosis caused by Trichophyton equinum in a farmer who breeds racehorses. In addition to the thumbnail, T. equinum had infected one of the racehorses. Oral terbinafine cured the infection in the farmer.