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Tinea Capitis Due to Trichophyton rubrum in a Neonate

2002; Wiley; Volume: 19; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1046/j.1525-1470.2002.00100.x

1525-1470

Sung Eun Chang, Sook‐Kyoung Kang, Jee‐Ho Choi, Kyung‐Jeh Sung, Kee‐Chan Moon, Jai‐Kyoung Koh,

Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

Abstract: Tinea capitis is a common infection of school‐aged children, but there have been only a few reports of tinea capitis in newborns. Furthermore, Trichophyton rubrum as a causative organism of tinea capitis is documented very rarely. We report herein a neonate in whom T. rubrum was the causative agent. This boy was successfully treated with three pulses of oral itraconazole solution.