Abstract |
A descriptive observational and cross-sectional study was carried out. The clinical characteristics, etiologic agents, treatments and outcome of 33 cases of tinea capitis in the Mycology Unit at Francisco J. Muñiz Hospital of Buenos Aires City between January 2015 and December 2019 were analyzed. The median age of the patients was 7 years, 21 of whom were male, 3 were HIV-positive and 22 had pets. The isolated etiologic agents were the following: Microsporum canis in 22 cases, Trichophyton tonsurans in 8, Nannizzia gypsea in 2 and Trichophyton mentagrophytes in one patient. Suppurative tinea capitis (krion Celsi) was detected in 10 cases and the same number of patients presented other skin locations of their dermatophytosis in addition to those in the scalp. Twenty-one cases were orally treated with griseofulvin and 12 with terbinafine. Those patients with suppurative tinea capitis received drops of betamethasone by mouth besides the antifungal drugs. All patients had good clinical and mycological response to the treatments, all lesions disappeared, and mycological studies turned negative by the end of the treatments. We conclude that both drugs were effective for the treatment of tinea capitis; however, lesions in those cases receiving terbinafine involuted more slowly.
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Authors | Fernando Messina, Laura Walker, María de Las Mercedes Romero, Alicia Irene Arechavala, Ricardo Negroni, Roxana Depardo, Emmanuel Marin, Gabriela María Santiso |
Journal | Revista Argentina de microbiologia
(Rev Argent Microbiol)
2021 Oct-Dec
Vol. 53
Issue 4
Pg. 309-313
ISSN: 0325-7541 [Print] Argentina |
Vernacular Title | Tinea capitis: aspectos clínicos y alternativas terapéuticas. |
PMID | 33618899
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2021 Asociación Argentina de Microbiología. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- Antifungal Agents
- Naphthalenes
- Griseofulvin
- Terbinafine
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Topics |
- Antifungal Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Child
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Griseofulvin
(therapeutic use)
- Humans
- Male
- Naphthalenes
- Terbinafine
(therapeutic use)
- Tinea Capitis
(diagnosis, drug therapy, epidemiology)
- Trichophyton
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