title: [Protracted case of kerion Celsi in otherwise healthy seven year-old girl].
abstract: An otherwise healthy seven year-old girl was admitted to a dermatological department with a severe and progressive scalp infection that had been treated unsuccessfully with conventional antibiotics for over 14 days as well as with surgery. Examination revealed severe tinea capitis with clinical presentation of kerion Celsi, which ultimately resolved with oral antifungals over eight weeks, leaving the patient with a sizeable patch with cicatrical alopecia. The importance of early diagnosis is discussed as are various treatment modalities.
authors.affiliation: Dermato-venereologisk Afdeling, Odense Universitetshospital, 5000 Odense C, Denmark. kralund@gmail.com
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kralund
authors.forename: Evy
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paulsen
mesh_terms: D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077291:Terbinafine; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; D000077291:Terbinafine