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Gerald N. Wachs, MD
28 Kilmer Dr Short Hills, NJ

Arch Dermatol. 1970;101(1):118-119.

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To the Editor.—

To my knowledge this is the first reported case of a patient with combined infections from Candida albicans, Microsporum canis, and Staphylococcus aureus.

To date about 25 well-recorded cases of Candida granuloma have been reported in the literature, beginning with the observation of Hauser and Rothman in 1950.¹ In 1963 Kugelman et al² made a comprehensive survey of the literature and added a case of their own. In 1966 Newcomer et al,³ studying the several parameters associated with the host-parasite relationship, concluded by proposing that a specific immunologic unresponsiveness to C albicans accounts for the development of this infection.

In five of the previously reported 25 cases there was a concurrent dermatophyte infection. The dermatophytes isolated were Epidermophyton floccosum, Trichophyton rubrum, T schoenleini, and M audouini. Though there was some secondary overgrowth, none of these cases demonstrated any concomitant primary infection of S aureus . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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