title: [Microsporum canis tinea ciliaris and blepharitis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The involvement of eyelashes and eyelids by dermatophytes is unfrequent.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe such a case in a 48 year old woman, who presented with unilateral blepharitis, resistant to topical treatments with antiseptics, antibiotics and corticosteroids. Diagnosis was suspected by magnifying lens and Wood's light examination; Microsporum canis was isolated from broken eyelashes and scales of annular lesions of eyelids.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case emphasizes the interest of mycological examination of eyelashes and eyelids in front of a persisting unilateral blepharitis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, Fondation A. de Rothschild, Paris.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Creach
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Auffret
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buot
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Binet
mesh_terms: D001762:Blepharitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005140:Eyelashes / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008864:Microsporum; D008875:Middle Aged; D014005:Tinea / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Teigne tondante ciliaire et blépharite à microsporum canis.