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10.25259/JSSTD_22_2024

Two feet-one hand syndrome caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India
Department of Microbiology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.

*Corresponding author: Shukla Das, Department of Microbiology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India. shukladas_123@yahoo.com

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How to cite this article: Gaurav V, Nirmal K, Singh P, Das S, Rai G. Two feet-one hand syndrome caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes. J Skin Sex Transm Dis. doi: 10.25259/JSSTD_22_2024

A 45-year-old male farmer presented with complaints of itchy lesions on both feet and his left hand for 6 months and 1 month, respectively. The lesions first appeared on his feet and later spread to his hand. Itching was present on both feet, and he often used his left hand to scratch them. Physical examination revealed ill-defined, dry, scaly plaques on the plantar aspect of both feet and the palmar aspect of the left hand [Figure 1], without involvement of finger or toenails. Skin scrapings were obtained by scraping the edge of the lesions on both feet and the left hand with differentials of dermatophytosis and dermatitis. Mycological examination with a 10% potassium hydroxide (KOH) mount of scales revealed thin septate hyphae on direct microscopy from all sites. The culture was performed on Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) with 0.05 mg/mL chloramphenicol and 0.5 mg/mL cycloheximide and incubated at 28°C in a Biochemical Oxygen Demand incubator. The culture was examined thrice weekly for the appearance of growth. Fungal growth was observed at 3 weeks and was identified by colony morphology followed by microscopic examination using the tease mount technique in a lactophenol cotton blue (LPCB) mount. The LPCB mount showed microconidia, macroconidia, and spiral hyphae [Figure 2]. The culture on SDA was subjected to DNA extraction using a commercially available DNA extraction kit (HiYield Genomic DNA Kit; Real Biotech Corporation, Taiwan). Genomic DNA was subjected to conventional polymerase chain reaction using pan-fungal primers: Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS)-1 (5’-TCCGTAGGTGAACCTGCGG-3’) and ITS-4 (3’-TCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGC-5’) region of 18s ribosomal RNA [Figure 3]. The sequences were analyzed and compared with the sequences deposited in GenBank using BLAST (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/Blast.cgi). The ITS sequences showed ≥99% similarity with the Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex. A diagnosis of two feet-one hand syndrome with hyperkeratotic or moccasin-type tinea pedis without any nail involvement was made. The patient was treated with terbinafine 250 mg once daily, miconazole nitrate 2% cream for local application twice daily, and oral antihistamines for 6 weeks. On follow-up, the patient showed a complete cure, and a repeat KOH examination was negative for any fungal elements.

Ill-defined, dry, scaly plaques on the plantar aspect of both feet and the palmar aspect of the left hand.
Figure 1:
Ill-defined, dry, scaly plaques on the plantar aspect of both feet and the palmar aspect of the left hand.
Lactophenol cotton blue tease mount showing microconidia, macroconidia, and spiral hyphae (×100).
Figure 2:
Lactophenol cotton blue tease mount showing microconidia, macroconidia, and spiral hyphae (×100).
Gel picture showing amplicon of the Trichophyton mentagrophytes using Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) 1 and ITS 4 primers (Lane 1: Positive for T. mentagrophytes at 600 bp (approximately); Lane 2: Negative control; Lane 3:100bp DNA ladder).
Figure 3:
Gel picture showing amplicon of the Trichophyton mentagrophytes using Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) 1 and ITS 4 primers (Lane 1: Positive for T. mentagrophytes at 600 bp (approximately); Lane 2: Negative control; Lane 3:100bp DNA ladder).

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