Microsporum canis infection mimics pemphigus erythematosus

• Main Authors: Hiroo Amano (Author), Chikako Kishi (Author), Yoko Yokoyama (Author), Akira Shimizu (Author), Kazushi Anzawa (Author), Takashi Mochizuki (Author), Osamu Ishikawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report a 55-year-old Japanese woman with a two-month history of multiple pruritic erythema and erosion on her face and neck. Based on the clinical appearance, we initially diagnosed her as having pemphigus erythematosus. However, the results of a histopathological examination and a direct immunof...