[Kerion celsi. Clinical aspects and pathogenesis of deep trychophytosis of the scalp].

Abstract

Kerion Celsi (scalp ringworm) is a highly inflammatory, suppurative fungal infection of the scalp caused by zoophilic dermatophytes transmitted from animals to man. The clinical picture extends to patchy infiltrated suppurative lesions in which hairs are broken or eliminated completely. Diagnosis is performed by detection of the organisms in or around the hairs involved and through culture. Kerion Celsi is treated with griseofulvin orally in combination with local symptomatic and antimycotic therapy. In the beginning systemic glucocorticoids might possibly be of help reducing the risk of scar formation and irreversible alopecia.

• Authors: U Bode, M Dorn, J Ring
• Journal: Fortschritte der Medizin (Fortschr Med) Vol. 98 Issue 35 Pg. 1348-50 (Sep 18 1980) ISSN: 0015-8178 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Kerion Celsi. Zur Klinik und Pathogenese der tiefen Trichophytie des Kopfes.
• PMID: 7429396 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Glucocorticoids
• Griseofulvin

Topics

• Child
• Female
• Glucocorticoids (therapeutic use)
• Griseofulvin (therapeutic use)
• Hair (microbiology)
• Humans
• Scalp (pathology)
• Tinea (drug therapy, pathology)
• Trichophyton (isolation & purification)