We report a particular dermatophytosis due to Trichophyton rubrum. A 61-year-old woman presented an eruption which quickly evolved within 48 h, consisting of papular annular patches surrounded by creamy white pustules, which sometimes coalesced. The eruption was exclusively located on the back. The rest of the body and skin examination was normal, and the patient had no temperature. The mycological sample revealed mycelial filaments in the direct microscopic examination and T. rubrum in the mycological culture. Only a few cases of pustular lesions due to T. rubrum are reported in the literature. The extensive character, the site and the inflammatory aspect of the lesions were very surprising. This clinical presentation is more frequent with geophilic and zoophilic organisms than with anthropophilic dermatophytes such as T. rubrum.
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