[Two cases of tinea capitis by Microsporum ferrugineum believed infected in Myanmar].
We report two cases of tinea capitis by Microsporum (M) ferrugineum. A two year old boy (case 1) visited our hospital 3 months after his return from Myanmar. About a year later, we observed the same symptom on the scalp of his mother (case 2). In both cases itraconazole was effective clinically and mycologically. In Japan, although M. ferrugineum was the most common organism of tinea capitis before the 1960s, no cases of tinea are found caused by this species nowdays. We believe these cases to have been infected in Myanmar, and suggest the possibility that tinea caused by M. ferrugineum may become a re-emergent infection or an imported fungal disease in Japan.
Ishizaki
Sumiko
S
Department of Dermatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Daini Hospital, 2-1-10 Nishiogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-8567.
Ito
Haruo
H
Hanyaku
Hiroshi
H
Harada
Takashi
T
D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008864:Microsporum; D002052:Myanmar; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole