A kerion celsi caused by Microsporum gypseum: unusual direct mycological examination |
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| Authors: | Baudraz-Rosselet Florence Bontems Olympia Ninet Béatrice Panizzon Renato G Monod Michel |
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| Affiliation: | Service de Dermatologie et Vénéréologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne;and Division des maladies infectieuses, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Genève, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | A case of kerion celsi caused by Microsporum gypseum is documented. The patient was a 6-year-old girl with a 2-cm purulent lesion on the scalp. Direct mycological examination of the hair showed hyphae with extremely numerous spindle-shaped macrospores. The species identification was confirmed by 28S ribosomal DNA sequencing. The presence of numerous macrospores is unusual in direct mycological examination, but could be an indication for M. gypseum. |
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| Keywords: | Microsporum gypseum tinea capitis 28S ribosomal DNA sequencing direct mycological examination |
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