Interdigital infections caused by non-dermatophytic fungi

Abstract

Between 1983 and 1989 twelve cases of interdigital lesions of the feet due to non-dermatophytic fungi (NDF) were diagnosed at the Medical Mycology Laboratory, University of Antioquia, School of Medicine, Medellín,

Colombia; the agents responsible for these infections were: Fusarium spp. (4 cases); Hendersonula toruloidea (7 cases) and Scedosporium apiospermum (1 case); clinical appearance of the lesions resembled that of chronic dermatophytosis and in 3 cases there was pigment. Strains were sensitive to imidazoles and resistant to fluorocytosine. The presence of NDF In both skin and nail lesions needs to be demonstrated repeteadly before these fungi are accepted as the etiologic agents.