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An observational study has been realized to evaluate the role of corticosteroid exposure (tinea incognito) and of other primary characteristics of the dermatophytosis that from onset mimic other diseases and mislead an unexperienced physician.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Materials and methods\u2002<\/jats:bold>\n                    Between 1990 and 2009, all cases of atypical dermatophytosis mimicking other skin diseases were collected from the more general number of dermatophyte infections diagnosed at the Dermatology Department of Cagliari University, Italy.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results\u2002<\/jats:bold>\n                    One\u2010hundred and fifty\u2010four cases (71 male\/83 female, 2\u201381\u2003years old) were studied, with a median of 7\u2003cases\/year. The most observed clinical forms were those mimicking impetigo, eczematous dermatitis, lupus erythematosus, polymorphous light eruption, psoriasis, and rosacea. The identified dermatophytes were:\n                    <jats:italic>Microsporum canis<\/jats:italic>\n                    (70 cases),\n                    <jats:italic>Trichophyton rubrum<\/jats:italic>\n                    (43 cases),\n                    <jats:italic>Trichophyton mentagrophytes<\/jats:italic>\n                    var\n                    <jats:italic>. mentagrophytes<\/jats:italic>\n                    (29 cases),\n                    <jats:italic>Trichophyton mentagrophytes<\/jats:italic>\n                    var.\n                    <jats:italic>interdigitale<\/jats:italic>\n                    (six cases),\n                    <jats:italic>Microsporum gypseum<\/jats:italic>\n                    (three cases),\n                    <jats:italic>Epidermophyton floccosum<\/jats:italic>\n                    (two cases), and\n                    <jats:italic>Trichophyton verrucosum<\/jats:italic>\n                    (one case\n                    <jats:italic>).<\/jats:italic>\n                    Diagnostic difficulties are discussed, with special attention to the origin of the pathomorphosis.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions\u2002<\/jats:bold>\n                    In our experience, clinical atypia is not a mere consequence of corticosteroid therapy but present at the very onset of the illness, due to the variable dermatophyte invasive capacity, the site of invasion, physiological individual, and\/or acquired condition, such as excessive washing or sun exposure. Therefore, we suggest using the term \u201ctinea atypica\u201d rather than \u201ctinea incognito\u201d to include all forms of dermatophytosis that do not present the classic features for both primary and secondary pathomorphosis.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-4632.2011.05049.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,22]],"date-time":"2012-03-22T20:11:34Z","timestamp":1332447094000},"page":"410-415","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":41,"title":["Dermatophyte infections mimicking other skin diseases: a 154\u2010person case survey of tinea atypica in the district of Cagliari (Italy)"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"51","author":[{"given":"Laura","family":"Atzori","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Monica","family":"Pau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Natalia","family":"Aste","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicola","family":"Aste","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_5_2_2","first-page":"101","article-title":"Tinea faciei: \u00e9tude epidemiologique","volume":"119","author":"Jorquera E","year":"1992","journal-title":"Ann Dermatol Venereol"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2007.01406.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2006.01251.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1067\/mjd.2003.115"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1159\/000248519"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1525-1470.1993.tb00027.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2008.01608.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2007.01426.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_10_2","first-page":"699","article-title":"Erytema multiforme IDI reaction in atypical dermatophytosis: case report","volume":"17","author":"Atzori L","year":"2003","journal-title":"JEADV"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_11_2","article-title":"Tinea corporis mimicking herpes zoster","author":"Aste N","year":"2010","journal-title":"Mycoses"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2006.01321.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_13_2","first-page":"1","article-title":"Tinea incognito due to Tricophyton mentagrophytes","volume":"52","author":"Lange M","year":"2009","journal-title":"Mycoses"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_14_2","first-page":"403","article-title":"Tinea incognito","volume":"20","author":"Lesniak R","year":"2008","journal-title":"Dermatol Nurs"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_15_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-4632.2004.02339.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_16_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1525-1470.2000.01709.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_17_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.3.5611.149"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_18_2","first-page":"237","article-title":"Tacrolimus\u2010induced tinea incognito","volume":"73","author":"Siddaiah N","year":"2004","journal-title":"Cutis"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_19_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1540-9740.2004.03796.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_20_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2007.01436.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_21_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2009.01748.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_22_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archderm.1978.01640140068017"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_23_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.lpm.2008.10.017"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_24_2","first-page":"201","article-title":"Considerazioni in tema di tinea faciei","volume":"3","author":"Difonzo EM","year":"1986","journal-title":"Rev Iberoam Micol"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_25_2","first-page":"19","article-title":"Atypical mycoses\u2010second part: tinea corporis with the clinical appearance of contact dermatitis","volume":"91","author":"Aste N","year":"1988","journal-title":"Rass Med Sarda"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_26_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2004.01063.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_27_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2007.01428.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_28_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1159\/000246410"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_29_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2004.01021.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_30_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2007.01481.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_31_2","first-page":"665","article-title":"Tinea incognito due to Trychophyton rubrum. 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