Abstract

Tinea capitis is the most frequent manifestation of dermatophyte infection in children, but is rare in infants less than

1 year of age. Furthermore, Trichophyton(T.) verrucosum as a causative organisum of tinea capitis in infants is documented very rarely. We report a 6-month-old girl with tinea capitis caused by T. verrucosum. The lesion was manifested by round, 2.0×2.0 sized, fine scaly, well-difined erythematous patch on the occiput. Culture from the skin lesion of patient on Sabouraud's dextrose agar showed typical colony of T. verrucosum. The patient was treated with topical lanoconazole application for 1 month.

Keywords

Infant Tinea capitis Trichophyton verrucosum

KJMM 2009 December;14(4):190-193(4). Epub 2016 February 18
Copyright © 2009 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Woo Tae Ko; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
Sung Min Hwang; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
Moo Kyu Suh; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
Gyoung Yim Ha; Departments of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Corresponding

Moo Kyu Suh, Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea. Tel: (054) 770-8268, Fax: (054) 773-1581, e-mail: smg@dongguk.ac.kr

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Acknowledgements

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Woo Tae Ko

Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Sung Min Hwang

Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Moo Kyu Suh

Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Gyoung Yim Ha

Departments of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 18