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Case Report and Literature Review of Impetigo-Like Tinea Faciei
Impetigo, commonly caused by bacteria, is characterized by lesions of pustules, bullae or golden yellow crusts; it is seldom caused by fungi. Here, we report one case of a 17-year-old female patient with a 1-month history of erythematous pustules on her left cheek. She was clinically diagnosed with...
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author | Zhang, Fangfang Feng, Yahui Wang, Sisi Li, Dongmei Shi, Dongmei |
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description | Impetigo, commonly caused by bacteria, is characterized by lesions of pustules, bullae or golden yellow crusts; it is seldom caused by fungi. Here, we report one case of a 17-year-old female patient with a 1-month history of erythematous pustules on her left cheek. She was clinically diagnosed with “impetigo”, but did not respond to 1 week of treatment with topical mupirocin cream (antibacterial agent). We then saw that a fungal colony grew on the culture, which was identified as T. mentagrophytes based on the morphological and molecular characteristics. The patient was then diagnosed with tinea faciei and was topically treated with 0.2% ketoconazole cream twice per day for 7 days. Through a literature review, we found another 18 cases of impetigo-like tinea faciei with similar clinical manifestations and pathogenic characteristics. Among these, the most common causative agent was T. mentagrophytes complex, which frequently occurs in children and adolescents and exhibits no gender preferences. Systemic and topical antifungals such as terbinafine or itraconazole are effective for impetigo-like tinea faciei caused by T. mentagrophytes complex. However, prolonged course of impetigo in more than 50% cases highlights the importance of mycological examination when dealing with apparent antibiotic-resistant impetigo cases in clinical settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-91099112022-05-17 Case Report and Literature Review of Impetigo-Like Tinea Faciei Zhang, Fangfang Feng, Yahui Wang, Sisi Li, Dongmei Shi, Dongmei Infect Drug Resist Case Report Impetigo, commonly caused by bacteria, is characterized by lesions of pustules, bullae or golden yellow crusts; it is seldom caused by fungi. Here, we report one case of a 17-year-old female patient with a 1-month history of erythematous pustules on her left cheek. She was clinically diagnosed with “impetigo”, but did not respond to 1 week of treatment with topical mupirocin cream (antibacterial agent). We then saw that a fungal colony grew on the culture, which was identified as T. mentagrophytes based on the morphological and molecular characteristics. The patient was then diagnosed with tinea faciei and was topically treated with 0.2% ketoconazole cream twice per day for 7 days. Through a literature review, we found another 18 cases of impetigo-like tinea faciei with similar clinical manifestations and pathogenic characteristics. Among these, the most common causative agent was T. mentagrophytes complex, which frequently occurs in children and adolescents and exhibits no gender preferences. Systemic and topical antifungals such as terbinafine or itraconazole are effective for impetigo-like tinea faciei caused by T. mentagrophytes complex. However, prolonged course of impetigo in more than 50% cases highlights the importance of mycological examination when dealing with apparent antibiotic-resistant impetigo cases in clinical settings. Dove 2022-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9109911/ /pubmed/35586559 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S359500 Text en © 2022 Zhang et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Zhang, Fangfang Feng, Yahui Wang, Sisi Li, Dongmei Shi, Dongmei Case Report and Literature Review of Impetigo-Like Tinea Faciei |
title | Case Report and Literature Review of Impetigo-Like Tinea Faciei |
title_full | Case Report and Literature Review of Impetigo-Like Tinea Faciei |
title_fullStr | Case Report and Literature Review of Impetigo-Like Tinea Faciei |
title_full_unstemmed | Case Report and Literature Review of Impetigo-Like Tinea Faciei |
title_short | Case Report and Literature Review of Impetigo-Like Tinea Faciei |
title_sort | case report and literature review of impetigo-like tinea faciei |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9109911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35586559 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S359500 |
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