Tinea capitis due to Microsporum canis in infants.
Three cases of scalp involvement by M. canis in infants are briefly reported. The first was a 2-month-old female with a few erythematous spots on the scalp, the second an 8-month-old male with lesions resembling seborrhoeic dermatitis and the third an 11-month-old male having areas of folliculitis of a kerion type. The father of the second case was found to have a tinea barbae infection due to the same fungus. Stray kittens were the most probable source of infection in all these cases.
D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000635:transmission; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008864:Microsporum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology