A Case Report of Kerion Celsi Caused by Microsporum Canis and Statistical Study of Tinea Capitis at Akita University Hospital.

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  • SATO Noriko
    Department of Dermatology, Akita University School of Medicine
  • MAIE Okitaka
    Department of Dermatology, Akita University School of Medicine
  • TAKAHASHI Shinya
    Department of Dermatology, Akita University School of Medicine

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  • Ｍｉｃｒｏｓｐｏｒｕｍ　ｃａｎｉｓによる乳幼児のケルスス禿そうの２例および当科頭部白せん例の検討

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We report two cases of a two-month-old baby and a three-year-old girl, suffering from kerion celsi due to M. canis, and review statistical data of tinea capitis observed in our clinic for about 19 years from January 1972 to March 1991. The total number of 29 patients consisted of 9 cases of superficial tinea capitis and 20 kerion celsi. The male: female ratio was 10:19. With regard to age incidence, children under 10 years of age were the most frequent with 18 cases(62%), including 14 cases under 5 years of age. The 6 cases older than 50 years were all females. The causative agents and their incidences included 10 strains of M. canis, 7 of T. violaceum, 4 of T. rubrum and T. mentagrophytes, 3 of T. verrucosum and one of T. tonsurans. Nineteen cases(65.5%) had a past history of topical corticosteroid therapy. Five patients caused by M. canis were supposed to have been infected by either a pet cat or dog, while all 3 patients by T. verrucosum were infected by cattle. From the 4 cases showing black dot ringworm, the 2 strains of T. violaceum (female sibling cases) and one of T. rubrum and T. tonsurans were isolated. Dermatophytid was seen in 7 cases of kerion celsi. Kerion celsi caused by M. canis seemed to require a longer treatment period than that by other species.

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  • CRID
    1390001204298313344
  • NII Article ID
    130004473838
  • DOI
    10.2336/nishinihonhifu.55.92
  • ISSN
    18804047
    03869784
    http://id.crossref.org/issn/03869784
  • Text Lang
    ja
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