Infectious alopecia in a dog breeder after renal transplantation.
Tinea capitis rarely occurs in renal transplant recipients. We report this living-related renal transplant patient receiving cyclosporine-based therapy who initially presented with severe exfoliation of the scalp with yellowish-white scales and marked hair loss. The lesions extended to the frontal area and both cheeks, resulting in several skin ulcers with perifocal erythematous inflammatory changes, and palpable cervical lymph nodes. A biopsy of a skin lesion revealed fungal infection and culture yielded Microsporum canis. The patient mentioned an outbreak of ringworm in her breeding dogs during this period. After adequate treatment of the patient and her infected animals with griseofulvin and disinfection of the environment, her skin lesions resolved dramatically, with regrowth of hair.
Chen
Cheng-Hsu
CH
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
Wen
Mei-Chin
MC
Cheng
Chi-Hung
CH
Wu
Ming-Ju
MJ
Yu
Tung-Min
TM
Chuang
Ya-Wen
YW
Shu
Kuo-Hsiung
KH
D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006118:Griseofulvin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000662:veterinary
D006118:Griseofulvin