A Case of Extensive Kerion Celsi due to Microsporum canis in an Aged Woman
Abstract
Kerion celsi, a severe inflammatory type of tinea capitis, which occurs chiefly in children between the ages of 4 and 14 years. We report a case of kerion celsi occuring in an elderly woman. She is a 67-year old wonman, presented with inflammatory, boggy mass studded with broken hairs, and oozing purulent materials from follicular orifices on the parietal scalp, which had been extending over almost entire scalp for 2 weeks. Kerin celsi caused by M. canin with atypical microscopic findings of the colony on the Sabouraud's dextrose agar was diagnosed by PCR analysis using PAPD method. This case is reported with two interesting facts: Kerion celsi is occuring rarely in old persons; Clinically kerion celsi progessed rapidly after onset in this case.
Keywords
Eldery Kerion celsi M. canis
KJMM
2000 March;5(1):31-34(4). Epub 2016 February 23
Copyright © 2000 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
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Eun Young Ahn; Department of Dermatology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea
Jee Bum Lee; Department of Dermatology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea
Seung Chul Lee; Department of Dermatology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea
Young Ho Won; Department of Dermatology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea
Corresponding
Young Ho Won, Department of Dermatology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
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Eun Young Ahn
Department of Dermatology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea
Jee Bum Lee
Department of Dermatology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea
Seung Chul Lee
Department of Dermatology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea
Young Ho Won
Department of Dermatology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea
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