Article
A homozygous CARD9 mutation in a Brazilian patient with deep dermatophytosis.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Jul 2015
Grumach Anete S, de Queiroz-Telles Flavio, Migaud Mélanie, Lanternier Fanny, Filho Nelson Rosario, Palma Sandra M U, Constantino-Silva Rosemeire Navickas, Casanova Jean Laurent, Puel Anne
Abstract excerpt
Deep dermatophytosis has been described in HIV and immunosuppressed patients. Recently, CARD9 (caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 9) deficiency has been reported in individuals with deep dermatophytosis previously classified as "immunocompetent". We report a 24-year-old Brazilian male patient with deep dermatophytosis born to an apparently non-consanguineous family. The symptoms started with oral...
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