Human infection due to the hedgehog fungus, Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei

Quaife, R. A.

doi:10.1136/jcp.19.2.177

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“…erinacei to dogs and humans via direct or indirect infection (Quaife 1996;Menelaos 2006;Hsieh et al 2010). Direct contact with hedgehogs or indirect infection resulting from exposure to an environment contaminated with recently-shed skin scales of hedgehogs and persisting fungal spores have both been reported Figure 2.…”

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Dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei in a dog: a case report

Kurtdede¹,

Haydardedeoğlu²,

Alihosseini³

et al. 2014

Vet. Med. - Czech

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Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei is rarely isolated from dogs with dermatophytosis. It is a zoophilic dermatophyte transmitted by hedgehogs and, in contrast to other dermatophyte species, is characterised by a severe suppurative and inflammatory response known as kerion. A 5-year-old male mongrel dog was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital with a 2-week history of a localised pruritic and suppurative alopecic lesion on the scrotum. Routine blood tests, peripheral blood smears, multiple skin scrapings and bacteriological culture did not reveal any abnormalities. However, Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei was isolated from a fungal culture. The presence of hedgehogs around the daily walking areas of the dog suggested the possibility of direct or indirect contact of the dog with hedgehogs. Fungicidal treatment was implemented with oral itraconazole (5 mg/kg once daily) and topical application of clotrimazole (twice daily) for a month. The scrotal lesion healed completely and hair grew back within a month. No recurrence occurred during a 4 month follow-up. T. mentagrophytes var. erinacei should be included in the differential diagnosis of suppurative scrotal skin lesions of dogs, which have come into possible contact with hedgehogs.

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Dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei in a dog: a case report

Kurtdede¹,

Haydardedeoğlu²,

Alihosseini³

et al. 2014

Vet. Med. - Czech

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“…Two possible routes of transmission to humans have been identified: direct infection from a hedgehog; and indirect infection from soil, wild hedgehog nests, other animal vectors, or between humans (5). As our patient had no other causative factors, she was most likely infected directly by her pet hedgehog.…”

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An Unusual Clinical Presentation of Tinea Faciei Caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei

Lee

Yang

Choi

et al. 2011

Pediatric Dermatology

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Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei, the natural host of which is the hedgehog, has been found to cause highly inflammatory and pruritic eruptions, including tinea manuum, tinea corporis, nail infection, kerion, scalp infection, and tinea barbae. To our knowledge, however, no reports have been made of tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei in the English language literature. We provide here the case of tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei.

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“…Human infection is unusual, and results from direct contact with hedgehogs, as our patient later recalled. Only a few cases of tinea manuum, tinea corporis, tinea capitis and tinea faciei have been reported in the literature from around the world, all resulting from patients handling infected hedgehogs . However, T. erinacei rarely causes a kerion.…”

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“…Only a few cases of tinea manuum, tinea corporis, tinea capitis and tinea faciei have been reported in the literature from around the world, all resulting from patients handling infected hedgehogs. [4][5][6][7][8][9] However, T. erinacei rarely causes a kerion. We could find only one report of tinea barbae occurring due to T. erinacei, and like our case, there was also direct contact spread to the patient's partner.…”

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Trichophyton erinaceikerion barbae from a hedgehog with direct osculatory transfer to another person

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We describe a case of kerion tinea barbae infection due to Trichophyton erinacei in a 37-year-old man. The infection had also been transferred to his partner by direct contact from kissing. T. erinacei is a zoophilic dermatophyte occasionally harboured by the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus). There are few reports of human infection in the literature, and it rarely causes a kerion. There is only one previous report of tinea barbae occurrence due to T. erinacei. This case highlights the possibility of one of the more unusual fungal infections that can be acquired in the UK, and highlights the necessity of asking specific questions to identify possible sources of infection.

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Human infection due to the hedgehog fungus, Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei

Abstract: Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei, first described by Marples and Smith in 1960, has been isolated in this laboratory during the past six months from three human cases of skin infection.

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Dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei in a dog: a case report

Dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei in a dog: a case report

An Unusual Clinical Presentation of Tinea Faciei Caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei

Trichophyton erinaceikerion barbae from a hedgehog with direct osculatory transfer to another person

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