title: Tinea capitis due to Microsporum vanbreuseghemii: report of two cases.
abstract: Two cases of dermatophytosis caused by Microsporum vanbreuseghemii are reported. A 7-year-old boy and his brother were examined for tinea capitis. Hair samples and skin scrapings were collected from each patient to microscopy and culture. Direct microscopic examination of the hairs using lactophenol revealed an ectothrix invasion. Cultures inoculated with portions of clinical material yielded M. vanbreuseghemii after 2 weeks. The identification of the fungi were based on colony morphology on mycobiotic agar, microscopic characteristic on slide cultures, biochemical reactions and hair perforation tests.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. naseria47@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naseri
authors.forename: Abdolmajid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fata
authors.forename: Ali Reza
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Khosravi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006197:Hair / Q000382:microbiology; D006257:Head / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D008864:Microsporum / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*