Molecular diagnosis of kerion celsi caused by Trichophyton tonsurans in a Italian child

Laura Trovato; Salvatore Oliveri; Maria Domina; Ildebrando Patamia; Guido Scalia; Rocco De Pasquale

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.04.010

Medical Mycology Case Reports (Jun 2019)

Molecular diagnosis of kerion celsi caused by Trichophyton tonsurans in a Italian child

Laura Trovato,
Salvatore Oliveri,
Maria Domina,
Ildebrando Patamia,
Guido Scalia,
Rocco De Pasquale

Affiliations

Laura Trovato: U.O.C. Laboratory Analysis Unit, A.O.U. “Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele”, Via S. Sofia 78, Catania 95123, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 97, Catania 95123, Italy; Corresponding author. U.O.C. Laboratory Analysis Unit, A.O.U. “Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele”, Via S. Sofia 78, Catania 95123, Italy.
Salvatore Oliveri: U.O.C. Laboratory Analysis Unit, A.O.U. “Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele”, Via S. Sofia 78, Catania 95123, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 97, Catania 95123, Italy
Maria Domina: Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 97, Catania 95123, Italy
Ildebrando Patamia: U.O.C. Laboratory Analysis Unit, A.O.U. “Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele”, Via S. Sofia 78, Catania 95123, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 97, Catania 95123, Italy
Guido Scalia: U.O.C. Laboratory Analysis Unit, A.O.U. “Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele”, Via S. Sofia 78, Catania 95123, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 97, Catania 95123, Italy
Rocco De Pasquale: U.O.C Dermatology, Vittorio Emanuele Hospital, Via Plebiscito 628, Catania 95100, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.04.010
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24
pp. 72 – 74

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T. tonsurans is an anthropophilic dermatophyte causing several clinical variants of tinea capitis including the Kerion celsi that can be often unrecognised or confused with other lesions. We report a case of Kerion celsi caused by Trichophyton tonsurans in a child following an excoriation to the scalp caused by a fall in a public park. The use of multiplex PCR assay has enabled rapid diagnosis of tinea capitis from T. tonsurans with a result in less than 48 hours and therefore the possibility of quickly starting antifungal therapy. The patient had a complete recovery at the end of the antifungal treatment. Keywords: Tinea capitis, Kerion celsi, Trichophyton tonsurans, Diagnosis, Multiplex PCR

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports

ISSN: 2211-7539 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
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