Abstract

Kerion celsi is a severe inflammatory type of tinea capitis that presents as an inflammatory, boggy plaque studded with broken hairs. It usually occurrs in children between the age of 4 and 14 years which is caused by zoophilic pathogens such as Microsporum(M.) canis, Trichophyton(T.) mentagrophytes, and T. verrucosum. Recently various mammals have become a pet in Korea and there has been increase in reports of dermatophytosis transmitted from these pets sporadically. We report a case of kerion celsi caused by T. mentagrophytes probably transmitted from rabbit in a 34-year-old adult male patient. The patient had localized, tender to mild pruritic, erythematous plaque with pustular nodules and irregular hair loss on the right temporal scalp for 2 months. Culture from a scalp lesion of patient on Sabouraud's dextrose agar showed typical T. mentagrophytes. He was treated with 250 mg of terbinafine daily for 12 weeks and short term therapy of low dose of prednisolone. He was cured without recurrence.

Keywords

Kerion celsi Rabbit Trichophyton mentagrophytes

KJMM 2011 September;16(3):99-104(6). Epub 2016 February 17
Copyright © 2011 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Sung Min Hwang; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
Dong Min Kim; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
Myung Hoon Lee; 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
Jong Im Lee; Departments of Pathology, 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

Publication history

Received 10 March 2011; Revised 9 May 2011; Accepted 9 May 2011.

Acknowledgements

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Sung Min Hwang

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

Dong Min Kim

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

Myung Hoon Lee

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

Jong Im Lee

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

Since epub date 2016 February 17