Inflammatory tinea capitis mimicking dissecting cellulitis in a postpubertal male: A case report and review of the literature

Mycoses

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 596-600

  Stein, Loretta L ^a   Adams, Erin G ^b   Holcomb, Katherine Z ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Lupo Center for Aesthetic and General Dermatology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cicatricial alopecia; Dissecting cellulitis; Kerion; Scarring alopecia; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

BENZOYL PEROXIDE; FLUOCINONIDE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; NAFTIFINE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; PREDNISONE; SALICYLIC ACID; SULFUR; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DISSECTING CELLULITIS; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHEMA; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; NEUTROPHIL; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTINFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; SCALP; SCALP HAIR; SCALP PRURITUS; SKIN CYST; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PAIN; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS INFECTION;

CICATRICIAL ALOPECIA; DISSECTING CELLULITIS; KERION; SCARRING ALOPECIA; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CELLULITIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; SCALP; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; YOUNG ADULT;

TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 84881021905     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/myc.12082     Document Type: Article

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