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Infants with dermatophytosis by Microsporum gypseum
| Case | Age | Sex | Lesion site | Time of evolution | Gateway and possible source of infection |
KOH examination | Culture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 months | M | popliteal fossa | 5 months | Contact with sand | Negative | M. gypseum |
| 2 | 24 months | M | knee | 1 month | Excoriation | Negative | M. gypseum |
| 3 | 20 months | F | gluteus | 6 months | Contact with sand | Negative | M. gypseum |
| 4 | 20 months | M | face | 4 months | Unknown | Septate hyphae of fungi | M. gypseum |
