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Kerion Celsi due to Microsporum canis with dermatophytide reaction

Biljana Gorgievska-Sukarovska ; Dermatology and Venereology Unit, Zabok General Hospital, Zabok, Croatia
Mihael Skerlev ; Zagreb University School of Medicine, University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Zagreb University Hospital;Reference Laboratory for Dermatological Mycology and Parasitology of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Republic of Croatia, Z
Lidija Žele-Starčević ; Department of Clinical and Molecular Microbiology, Zagreb University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Karmela Husar ; Zagreb University School of Medicine, University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Zagreb University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Mirna Halasz ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division of Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Molecular genetics, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Microsporum (M.) canis is the most common fungus to cause tinea capitis in Europe, especially in the Mediterranean region and South and Central Europe. Fungal scalp infections caused by M. canis tend to be non-inflammatory. Recently, a growing number of cases of tinea capitis characterized by inflammatory infection caused by M. canis and M. gypseum have been registered. We present a case of highly inflammatory tinea capitis, also known as kerion celsi, caused by M. canis in a 6-year-old-patient. Scalp infections due to M. canis are a growing problem in dermatological practice. Changes in epidemiology, etiology, and clinical patterns of fungal infections due to M. canis are significant. Greater awareness of this problem is needed in order to establish proper diagnosis and successful treatment strategy for these patients.

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Hrčak ID:

185023

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/185023

Publication date:

20.7.2017.

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