TY - JOUR AU - Kim, Si-Hyun AU - Jo, Ik Hyun AU - Kang, Jun AU - Joo, Sun Young AU - Choi, Jung-Hyun PY - 2016 DA - 2016/06/17 TI - Dermatophyte abscesses caused by Trichophyton rubrum in a patient without pre-existing superficial dermatophytosis: a case report JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 298 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Trichophyton usually causes a superficial skin infection, affecting the outermost layer of the epidermis, the stratum corneum. In immunocompromised patients, deeper invasion into the dermis and even severe systemic infection with distant organ involvement can occur. Most cases of deeper dermal dermatophytosis described in the literature so far involved pre-existing superficial dermatophytosis. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1631-y DO - 10.1186/s12879-016-1631-y ID - Kim2016 ER -