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

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 sca...

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Autores principales: Trovato, Laura, Oliveri, Salvatore, Domina, Maria, Patamia, Ildebrando, Scalia, Guido, De Pasquale, Rocco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6503126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31080711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.04.010
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author Trovato, Laura
Oliveri, Salvatore
Domina, Maria
Patamia, Ildebrando
Scalia, Guido
De Pasquale, Rocco
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Oliveri, Salvatore
Domina, Maria
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Scalia, Guido
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-65031262019-05-10 Molecular diagnosis of kerion celsi caused by Trichophyton tonsurans in a Italian child Trovato, Laura Oliveri, Salvatore Domina, Maria Patamia, Ildebrando Scalia, Guido De Pasquale, Rocco Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report 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. Elsevier 2019-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6503126/ /pubmed/31080711 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.04.010 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Trovato, Laura
Oliveri, Salvatore
Domina, Maria
Patamia, Ildebrando
Scalia, Guido
De Pasquale, Rocco
Molecular diagnosis of kerion celsi caused by Trichophyton tonsurans in a Italian child
title Molecular diagnosis of kerion celsi caused by Trichophyton tonsurans in a Italian child
title_full Molecular diagnosis of kerion celsi caused by Trichophyton tonsurans in a Italian child
title_fullStr Molecular diagnosis of kerion celsi caused by Trichophyton tonsurans in a Italian child
title_full_unstemmed Molecular diagnosis of kerion celsi caused by Trichophyton tonsurans in a Italian child
title_short Molecular diagnosis of kerion celsi caused by Trichophyton tonsurans in a Italian child
title_sort molecular diagnosis of kerion celsi caused by trichophyton tonsurans in a italian child
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6503126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31080711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.04.010
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