[Tinea capitis presenting as staphylococcal pyodermatitis of the scalp].
Two severe cases of pyoderma (staphylococcus aureus) of the scalp, resistant to appropriate antibiotic treatment, proved to be due to exotic dermatophytes (Trichophyton soudanense and Trichophyton violaceum) in two North African children living in France. Both cases exemplify the growing number of Tinea capitis due to anthropophilic species imported from Africa by immigrated populations, their sometimes atypical clinical presentation and their familial epidemiology. Fungal cultures and identification procedures are essential for the diagnosis and epidemiological investigation of such cases.
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier F. Quesnay, Mantes-La-Jolie.
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Bigel
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de France-Pinchon
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Richardin
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Furioli
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Bourgeois-Droin
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D015163:Superinfection; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000175:diagnosis*
Teignes se présentant comme des pyodermites staphylococciques du cuir chevelu.