Chronic Figurate Skin Lesions

Meites, Elissa; McClenny, Nancy B.; Baron, Ellen Jo

doi:10.1086/422730

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“…Undoubtedly the modification of the predisposing factors help in the control of the disease, even in genetically susceptible individuals: the change of climaic environment, and the improvement of hygiene conditions and nutritional status lead to prolonged periods free of the disease. Spontaneous improvement is also unusual, and sometimes is observed when a patient emigrates from the endemic area, because of the change in the climatic environment [27,39].…”

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Tinea imbricata in the Americas

Bonifáz

Vázquez-González

2011

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

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Tinea imbricata in the Americas

Bonifáz

Vázquez-González

2011

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

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“…TI is endemic in 3 main geographical regions, Southwest Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America. Endemic areas in Southwest Pacific region are Fiji 3,8,13 , Samoa 3,8,13 ,13 ,Solomon Islands 8,14,15 , Tahiti, Tokelau , Papua New Guinea 16 , Indonesia 17,18 , and New Zealand 3,8,13,19 . Endemic areas in Southeast Asia are India 3,8,13 , China, Thailand 20 ,Malaysia 8, , and Philippines 32 .Endemic areas in Central and South America 3,8,13,21,22 are Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Colombia and Brazil 3,8,13 .TI occurs in warm tropical and subtropical climates along a slightly cold weather at an elevation of 1.000-2.500 m over the water level.…”

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A Systematic Review of Diagnosis and Treatment Options for Tinea Imbricata

Abdulazeem¹,

Salem²,

Saad³

et al. 2019

Int J Life Sci Pharm Res

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Tinea imbricata is a cutaneous fungal disease and sometimes called (Tokelau). The causative agent is a dermatophyte known as Trichophyton concentricum. It is an endemic in developing countries particularly in South Pacific, India, Central and South America, as well as Mexico. It is generally observed in people with poor living conditions and poor personal hygiene. Predisposing factors are hot weather, humidity, and host immunity in addition to genetic factors. The patients usually presented with concentric or lamellar skin lesions. The aim of this review is to highlight important information about microbial, clinical and therapeutic aspects of tinea imbricta. In this review, we search the literature to identify articles talking different aspects of tinea imbricta. The electronic search was performed in four databases to identify eligible articles in the literature. Electronic databases were searched including MEDLINE and EMBASE using PubMed search engine. In addition, Cochrane library and ovid was searched. The titles and abstracts of the resulted articles were screened to identify eligible studies. Based on the primary screening results the irrelevant studies, duplicated and reviews were excluded. Tinea imbricta is found to be endemic in 3 main geographical regions, Southwest Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America. There is an autosomal recessive genetic factor which increases the vulnerability to tinea imbricta infection. The levels of both general and specific IgE class antibodies were higher than normal values. Usual clinical findings of tinea imbricta are multiple annular, concentric, squamous sores and may be associated with erythema. The infection usually starts in young people on the facial region and disseminate to the trunk, arms or legs.The eradication of the disease has not been possible yet, thus preventative procedures should be adopted as a strategy of disease control.

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Tinea Imbricata in an Italian Child and Review of the Literature

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Tinea imbricata is a chronic superficial mycosis caused by Trichophyton concentricum. It is characterized by widespread, annular, concentric, squamous lesions. Tinea imbricata is endemic in three geographical areas: Southwest Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America. Tinea imbricata in travelers returning from endemic areas is exceptionally rare. We report a case of tinea imbricata in an Italian child who acquired the infection during a trip to Solomon Islands. Three cultures were positive for T. concentricum. The patient was successfully treated with griseofulvin and terbinafine cream.

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Chronic Figurate Skin Lesions

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Tinea imbricata in the Americas

Tinea imbricata in the Americas

A Systematic Review of Diagnosis and Treatment Options for Tinea Imbricata

Tinea Imbricata in an Italian Child and Review of the Literature

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