title: Dermatophytes and transmission risks to family: a retrospective study of a cohort of 256 adopted children from 1998 to 2012.
abstract: In this 14-year retrospective study we analyzed samples collected from 101 adopted children originating from developing countries in search of dermatophytosis; a dermatophyte was isolated in 44 children. We demonstrated that dermatophytoses often have a silent clinical presentation (16%) and in approximately 20% of cases cause family member contamination. This study highlights the importance of the clinical examination of children and families as well as systematic sampling of children to avoid dermatophyte transmission to other family members.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicale, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.|Malaria Research Unit, ICBMS, CNRS UMR 5246, Lyon University, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.affiliation: Institut de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicale, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Peyron
authors.affiliation: Institut de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicale, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.|Malaria Research Unit, ICBMS, CNRS UMR 5246, Lyon University, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Picot
authors.affiliation: Institut de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicale, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wallon
authors.affiliation: Institut de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicale, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.|Malaria Research Unit, ICBMS, CNRS UMR 5246, Lyon University, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Anne-Lise
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bienvenu
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D002648:Child; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014005:Tinea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*