title: Infectious alopecia in a dog breeder after renal transplantation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Cheng-Hsu
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Mei-Chin
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Chi-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Ming-Ju
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Tung-Min
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ya-Wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: Kuo-Hsiung
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Shu
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D006118:Griseofulvin