A case report of a mixed Chaetomium globosum/Trichophyton mentagrophytes onychomycosis

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2012 Sep 16;1(1):76-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.09.001. eCollection 2012.

Abstract

Recently, an increasing prevalence of nondermatophyte mold onychomycosis was observed, in which Chaetomium globosum was rarely involved as primary pathogenic agent. Besides this, reports of mixed infection associating a dermatophyte and a nondermatophyte mold have become more frequent. Here, we present a clinical case of a mixed onychomycosis infection of a toenail caused by Chaetomium globosum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes. To our knowledge, this specific association is reported for the first time in Canada.

Keywords: Chaetomium globosum; Dermatophyte; Mixed onychomycosis infection; Nondermatophyte mold; Trichophyton mentagrophytes.