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Sycosiform lesions on the beard (right side)
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A 68-year-old male patient showed suppurative nodular lesions for five months in his beard and on the right side of his neck (Figure 1).
Micromorphological aspect of T. rubrum colony
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Exams from culture and direct examination of his beard hair and the suppurative material from the lesion identified T. rubrum fungus (Figure 2).
Histopathology showing inflammattory suppurative perifollicular (hematoxylin
and eosin)
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Incisional biopsy of a suppurative lesion showed acute suppurative folliculitis; slide analysis in immersion showed hyphae within the hair (endotrix) and conidium in the perifollicular zone (ectotrix) (Figure 3).