An Unusual Clinical Presentation of Tinea Faciei Caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei

:  Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei, the natural host of which is the hedgehog, has been found to cause highly inflammatory and pruritic eruptions, including tinea manuum, tinea corporis, nail infection, kerion, scalp infection, and tinea barbae. To our knowledge, however, no reports have b...

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Published in:Pediatric dermatology 2011-03, Vol.28 (2), p.210-212
Main Authors: LEE, DEOK-WOO, YANG, JI-HYE, CHOI, SEOK-JOO, WON, CHONG-HYUN, CHANG, SUNG-EUN, LEE, MI-WOO, CHOI, JEE-HO, MOON, KEE-CHAN, KIM, MI-NA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Dermatology
Facial Dermatoses - drug therapy
Facial Dermatoses - microbiology
Facial Dermatoses - pathology
Female
Humans
Itraconazole - therapeutic use
Medical sciences
Tinea - drug therapy
Tinea - microbiology
Tinea - pathology
Trichophyton - isolation & purification
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
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Summary::  Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei, the natural host of which is the hedgehog, has been found to cause highly inflammatory and pruritic eruptions, including tinea manuum, tinea corporis, nail infection, kerion, scalp infection, and tinea barbae. To our knowledge, however, no reports have been made of tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei in the English language literature. We provide here the case of tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei.
ISSN:0736-8046
1525-1470
DOI:10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01391.x