Two cases of tinea capitis caused by Microsporum canis in elderly women

Seong Min Kim; Jin Park; Jong Sun Lee; Yong Sun Cho; Seok Kweon Yun; Han Uk Kim

Two cases of tinea capitis caused by Microsporum canis in elderly women

Seong Min Kim^*
, Jin Park
, Jong Sun Lee
, Yong Sun Cho
, Seok Kweon Yun
, Han Uk Kim

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Medicine

Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

Tinea capitis is the most common in children, but can be seen in adults. In the adult population, tinea capitis is more frequent in elderly women than other adults. We report two cases of tinea capitis occurring in an 85-year-old female and an 80-year-old female. The vertex of the former showed an erythematous scaly patch with slight hair loss and the scalp of the latter showed a painful erythematous plaque with severe hair loss. From two patients, Microsporum canis was isolated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	18-21
Number of pages	4
Journal	Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
Volume	15
Issue number	1
State	Published - 2010.03

Keywords

Elderly women
Microsporum canis
Tinea capitis

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

Medicine

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Two cases of tinea capitis caused by Microsporum canis in elderly women

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