A 9-year-old boy (Patient 1) with no past medical history presented to the pediatric emergency department with a 1-month history of tender erythematous lesions on his scalp. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Sign In A 13-year-old girl presented with a slowly enlarging, painful swelling of the scalp. She had received several courses of empirical oral antibiotics, without improvement. [nejm.org]

Terbinafine Itraconazole Griseofulvin (no longer available in New Zealand) Antibiotics may be needed if there is bacterial infection present. [dermnetnz.org]

We here report a 66-year-old woman presenting with kerion of the scalp. [ijdvl.com]

We concluded that tinea capitis should remain in the differential diagnosis of elderly patients with alopecia and pyoderma like presentations and culture test should be routinely done in such patients to avoid complications. [idoj.in]

• Alopecia

  A delay in diagnosis and treatment can result in scarring alopecia. This patient was treated with griseofulvin for 6 weeks and showed marked improvement, with regression of the lesion (Panel B). [nejm.org]

  It is characterized by one or more large, tender boggy masses with erythema, pustules, crusting, and alopecia. Such a mass is called a kerion. Lymphadenopathy is frequent. [dermis.net]

  Hypochromic areas with alopecia on the right leg of the patient's father and on the scalp and limbs of the patient's 3-year-old sister were documented. Previous contact with wild rabbits was reported. [thelancet.com]

  A Kerion is an inflammatory variant of tinea capitis as a result of overzealous host response leading to boggy, purulent plaques with abscess formation and alopecia. [indianpediatrics.net]

The scalp of Patient 1, 1 month after treatment. The hair of Patient 1 grew back 4 month after treatment. Tinea capitis is an infection of the scalp hair caused by dermatophyte fungi such as Trichophyton spp. and Microsporum spp. [1]. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Kerion treatment Early initiation of treatment is extremely important with kerions. The sooner treatment is started the less likely the kerion will promote a permanent scarring alopecia. [keratin.com]

Treatment with oral griseofulvin is often used, although other antifungal agents may also be effective. A delay in diagnosis and treatment can result in scarring alopecia. [nejm.org]

What is the treatment of kerion? Kerion should be treated by oral antifungal agents. A course of 6-8 weeks of treatment is normally prescribed at minimum. [dermnetnz.org]

Treatment with oral griseofulvin common. There may be loss of hair as hair will come out easily. Sometimes, there is growth of organisms. Lymph and fever symptoms may be present. [en.wikipedia.org]

LC often has rapid disease progression and poor prognosis. The mean interval between diagnosis of LC and death was reported as 3.8 and 4.8 months respectively in different studies [ 13, 14 ]. The interval time was 2 months for our patient. [clinical-pediatrics-dermatology.imedpub.com]

Diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis We had established that the etiologic agent was M. gypseum based on morphologic features, biochemical test results and molecular methods. [mmy.oxfordjournals.org]

Moreover, the new or previously very sporadic etiologic agents causing kerion have been recently observed in Croatia, such as T. tonsurans, mostly in wrestlers, so far. [aspergillus.org.uk]

Topical application of naftifine-ketoconazole cream after use of ketoconazole shampoo was used to wash out and kill the etiologic agent on the surface of the hair. [mmy.oxfordjournals.org]

Tinea pedis, or athlete's foot, is the most common dermatophyte infection Its etiology is closely tied to the use of occlusive footwear.12 Most commonly, tinea. Synonyms for tinea profunda in Free Thesaurus. [amunisocyxekyhero.xpg.uol.com.br]

“Updates on the epidemiology of dermatophyte infections”. Mycopathologia.. vol. 166. 2008. pp. 335-52. (Highlights the change in epidemiology of dermatophyte species over the last 100 years. [dermatologyadvisor.com]

Updates on the epidemiology of dermatophyte infections. Mycopathologia. 2008 Nov-Dec. 166(5-6):335-52. [Medline]. Kondo M, Nakano N, Shiraki Y, Hiruma M, Ikeda S, Sugita T. [emedicine.medscape.com]

[Case Reports] Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2018; 6(1):118-119 Chokoeva AA, Wollina U, … Tchernev G OA Although tinea capitis is the most common fungal infection in children, significant changes have been reported in its epidemiology worldwide, as a result [unboundmedicine.com]

What you should be alert for in the history Chancroid should be suspected in any patient who presents with a painful genital ulcer, especially with a congruent sexual history and in the proper epidemiologic setting (more commonly seen in Africa and elsewhere [renalandurologynews.com]

These increase in size and become crusted over, so that the characteristic lesion can only be seen around the edge of the scab. [5] Pathophysiology [ edit ] From the site of inoculation, the fungus grows down into the stratum corneum, where it invades [en.wikipedia.org]

Combs and hairbrushes should be disinfected or discarded to prevent transmission of infection or re-infection. As the fungus causing the kerion (e.g. [dermnetnz.org]

The most recent advances require corresponding evolution of diagnostic and treatment strategies of kerion in order to provide the suitable laboratory testing and antifungal therapy and to prevent the unnecessary surgical procedures. abstract No: Full [aspergillus.org.uk]