Evaluation of Clinicians’ Knowledge of Terbinafine-resistant Extensive Dermatophytosis in France

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  • Alicia Moreno Sabater Sorbonne Université, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI-PARIS), Inserm U1135, Paris, France; Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, Paris, France https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7571-9533
  • Pablo Ruiz Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, Paris, France; Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, AP-HP, Créteil, France
  • Marc Reverte Fédération Française des Formateurs et Chargés d'Évaluation en Dermatologie Vénéréologie, Sainte-Maxime, France
  • Sophie Tan Maison de santé Paris Lilas, Paris, France
  • Jeanne Bigot Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, Paris, France
  • Geneviève Cremer Laboratoire Bioclinic Madeleine, Groupe Inovie, Paris, France
  • Pascal Del Giudice Unité de Maladies Infectieuses et Dermatologie, Hôpital Bonnet, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Fréjus Saint-Raphaël, Fréjus, France
  • Claude Bachmeyer Internal Medicine Department, Tenon Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
  • Jean-Pierre Gangneux Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologie, ECMM Excellence Center, National Reference Center for Invasive Mycoses and Antifungals, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France; Univ Rennes, CHU Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France
  • Olivier Chosidow Ambroise Paré/UVSQ and Bicêtre/Paris Saclay University Hospitals, AP-HP, Unit of Dermatology, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Groupe Infectiologie et Infections Sexuellement Transmissibles (GrIDIST) de la Société Française de Dermatologie, Paris, France

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https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v106.adv-2026-0565

Keywords:

Terbinafine, Resistance, Trichophyton Indotineae

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2026-07-21

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Moreno Sabater, A., Ruiz, P., Reverte, M., Tan, S., Bigot, J., Cremer, G., … Chosidow, O. (2026). Evaluation of Clinicians’ Knowledge of Terbinafine-resistant Extensive Dermatophytosis in France. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 106, adv–2026. https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v106.adv-2026-0565

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