Two cases of tinea ciliaris with blepharitis due to Microsporum audouinii and Trichophyton verrucosum and review of the literature.
Dermatophytes are rarely taken into account among the causes of blepharitis. In our report, we describe a 69-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman with chronic blepharitis for 10 years and 4 years respectively, in whom we examined the scales and pulled eyelashes on direct microscopy and isolated Microsporum audouinii and Trichophyton verrrucosum in the culture. We emphasise that dermatophytes may play a role in the etiopathogenesis of chronic blepharitis. In chronic, treatment resistance blepharitis fungal infections may be considered as possible cause.
Department of Dermatology, Mevlana University, Konya, Turkey.
Gulay Ozel
GO
Sahin
Zeynep
Z
Dadaci
Turkan Toka
TT
Ozer
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001762:Blepharitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008864:Microsporum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014005:Tinea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification*
Dermatophytes; Microsporum audouinii; Trichopyton verrucosum; tinea capitis; tinea ciliaris