[Kerion Celsi. A diagnostic problem? Experience with 6 cases].
We report six patients with Kerion Celsi due to Trichophyton verrucosum. Five of the patients were hospitalized with the diagnosis of Staphylococcal abscess. This confusion is due to that highly suppurative and inflammatory nature of the infection. Griseofulvin is the antimicrobial of choice for treatment, associated with imidazolics and corticosteroids to prevent alopecia. The authors suggest that an adequate use of simple microbiological diagnostic tests in the diagnosis of pyodermitis in rural children, may prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and permanent hair loss.
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Instituto de Microbiología Clínica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
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Moreno
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006118:Griseofulvin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014249:Trichophyton
D006118:Griseofulvin
Querion de Celso. Un problem diagnóstico? Experiencia en 6 pacientes.