Korean J Med Mycol.  2000 Mar;5(1):31-34.

A Case of Extensive Kerion Celsi due to Microsporum canis in an Aged Woman

• Ahn EY
• Lee JB
• Lee SC
• Won YH

Abstract

Kerion celsi, a severe inflammatory type of tinea capitis, which occurs chiefly in children between the ages of 4 and 14 years. We report a case of kerion celsi occuring in an elderly woman. She is a 67-year old wonman, presented with inflammatory, boggy mass studded with broken hairs, and oozing purulent materials from follicular orifices on the parietal scalp, which had been extending over almost entire scalp for 2 weeks. Kerin celsi caused by M. canin with atypical microscopic findings of the colony on the Sabouraud's dextrose agar was diagnosed by PCR analysis using PAPD method. This case is reported with two interesting facts: Kerion celsi is occuring rarely in old persons; Clinically kerion celsi progessed rapidly after onset in this case.

Keyword

Kerion celsi; Eldery; M. canis

MeSH Terms

Agar
Aged
Child
Female
Glucose
Hair
Humans
Microsporum*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rabeprazole
Scalp
Tinea Capitis*
Agar
Glucose