Case Report: Extensive Tinea Corporis and Inflammatory Tinea Capitis Caused by the Anthropophilic Dermatophyte Trichophyton tonsurans

Mohammad Akhoundi; Anthony Marteau; Maryvonne Lintanf; Arezki Izri; Sophie Brun

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0176

Case Report: Extensive Tinea Corporis and Inflammatory Tinea Capitis Caused by the Anthropophilic Dermatophyte Trichophyton tonsurans

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Nov;103(5):2127-2128. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0176.

Authors

Mohammad Akhoundi¹, Anthony Marteau¹, Maryvonne Lintanf¹, Arezki Izri^{2

1}, Sophie Brun¹

Affiliations

¹ Parasitology-Mycology Department, Avicenne Hospital, AP-HP, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Bobigny, France.
² Unité des Virus Emergents (UVE), Aix Marseille University, IRD 190, INSERM 1207, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.

Abstract

Trichophyton tonsurans is an anthropophilic dermatophyte with a worldwide distribution and is responsible for superficial mycosis with a wide range of clinical manifestations. We report two atypical cases of tinea due to T. tonsurans in two children: a case of extensive tinea corporis and a case of inflammatory tinea capitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage*
Child
Econazole / administration & dosage*
Griseofulvin / administration & dosage*
Humans
Inflammation / diagnosis*
Inflammation / drug therapy
Inflammation / microbiology
Inflammation / pathology
Male
Tinea Capitis / diagnosis*
Tinea Capitis / drug therapy
Tinea Capitis / microbiology
Tinea Capitis / pathology
Trichophyton / isolation & purification*

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Griseofulvin
Econazole