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"Tinea incognito"

"Tinea incognito". "Tinea incognito" results from erroneous diagnosis and therapy: treating fungal infection with topical corticoids relieves subjective symptoms and hides the typical features of the infection. However, there is no cure before without effective antifungals.

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