Abstract
We report a rare case of kerion celsi of the scalp caused by Microsporum gypseum in a boy 1 month after he received dermatoplasty for a scalp injury from a road accident. Species identification was performed by observation of morphologic and biochemical characteristics and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) 1 and 2. Treatment with oral terbinafine and topical naftifine-ketoconazole cream after washing the hair with ketoconazole shampoo was effective.
Acknowledgement
We thank Dr Chaoliang Zhang, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, for SEM technique support. This work was supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20050610058) and partly by Project 30570095 of National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and the writing of the paper.
This paper was first published online on Early Online on 23 July 2010.