First report of kerion (tinea capitis) caused by combined Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum canis

Xinyu Yang; Xiuyan Shi; Wei Chen; Yabin Zhou; Michail S. Lionakis; Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis; Wei Liu

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.05.002

Medical Mycology Case Reports (Sep 2020)

First report of kerion (tinea capitis) caused by combined Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum canis

Xinyu Yang,
Xiuyan Shi,
Wei Chen,
Yabin Zhou,
Michail S. Lionakis,
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis,
Wei Liu

Affiliations

Xinyu Yang: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis on Dermatoses, Beijing, 100034, China
Xiuyan Shi: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis on Dermatoses, Beijing, 100034, China
Wei Chen: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis on Dermatoses, Beijing, 100034, China
Yabin Zhou: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis on Dermatoses, Beijing, 100034, China
Michail S. Lionakis: Fungal Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis: Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
Wei Liu: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis on Dermatoses, Beijing, 100034, China; Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.05.002
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29
pp. 5 – 7

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A 5-year-old boy was presented with large ulcer accompanied by surrounding follicular pustules on the left parietal scalp. Dermoscopy showed “comma” and dystrophic broken hairs. Fungal culture showed mixed growth of two types of colonies. Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum canis were identified by using mycological examinations. To our knowledge, this is the first case of kerion caused by the combined Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum canis. Treatment with oral terbinafine for 2 months was effective.

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports

ISSN: 2211-7539 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-mycology-case-reports/

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