Tinea pedis due to Cylindrocarpon lichenicola beginning onycholysis

Khadim Diongue; Mamadou Alpha Diallo; Mame Cheikh Seck; Mouhamadou Ndiaye; Aïda Sadikh Badiane; Abdoulaye Diop; Yaye Dié Ndiaye; Omar Ndir; Daouda Ndiaye

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.02.002

Tinea pedis due to Cylindrocarpon lichenicola beginning onycholysis

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2016 Feb 22:11:13-5. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.02.002. eCollection 2016 Mar.

Authors

Khadim Diongue¹, Mamadou Alpha Diallo¹, Mame Cheikh Seck², Mouhamadou Ndiaye², Aïda Sadikh Badiane², Abdoulaye Diop¹, Yaye Dié Ndiaye¹, Omar Ndir², Daouda Ndiaye²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, CHU Aristide, Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal.
² Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, CHU Aristide, Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal; Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, faculté de médecine, de pharmacie et d'odontologie de l'université Cheikh Anta Diop, BP 16477 Dakar, Senegal.

Abstract

A 33 year old woman presented with both feet, humid and white Tinea pedis at the second, third and fourth inter-toes areas associated with a beginning onycholysis of the nails lasting for 18 months. KOH mount of the samples was positive for fungal hyphae. The fungus was isolated on Sabouraud-chlorampphenicol agar and identified as Cylindrocarpon lichenicola. The patient was treated with an association of terbinafine tablet and terbinafine cream and presented clinical cure after three months.

Keywords: Cylindrocarpon lichenicola; Onycholysis; Terbinafine; Tinea pedis.