Fingernail onychomycosis caused by Microsporum canis in a teenager

Fingernail onychomycosis caused by Microsporum canis in a teenager

A healthy 15‐year‐old girl presented with a total dystrophic nail plate and subungual hyperkeratosis over her left 3rd fingernail. Her 2‐year‐old shorthair cat had circular erythematous patches of alopecia on the left aspect of its forehead. Fungal culture from the affected nail and her cat both gre...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric dermatology 2021-03, Vol.38 (2), p.524-525
Hauptverfasser: Limphoka, Pichaya, Bunyaratavej, Sumanas, Leeyaphan, Charussri
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Alopecia
Animals
Antifungal agents
Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use
Cats
Dermatology
Fingernail
Fungal infections
Humans
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Microsporum
Microsporum canis
Nails
Nails (Anatomy)
Onychomycosis
Onychomycosis - diagnosis
Onychomycosis - drug therapy
Pediatrics
Science & Technology
Teenagers
Terbinafine
tinea infection
Zoonoses
zoophilic
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Zusammenfassung:A healthy 15‐year‐old girl presented with a total dystrophic nail plate and subungual hyperkeratosis over her left 3rd fingernail. Her 2‐year‐old shorthair cat had circular erythematous patches of alopecia on the left aspect of its forehead. Fungal culture from the affected nail and her cat both grew Microsporum canis. The girl was treated with terbinafine with clinical and mycological cure.
ISSN:0736-8046
1525-1470
DOI:10.1111/pde.14524