Superficial Fungus Infections in Infants

King, William C.; Walton, Ida K.; Livingood, Clarence S.

doi:10.1001/archderm.1953.01540120048007

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“…(2). Although elaborate reviews of this topic have been published (3,4), comprehensive original work has been scarce (compare 5,6). This does, however, not apply to particular facets of the problem such as dermatophytoses in school children (compare 7,8) and tinea capitis (compare 9).…”

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Dermatophytosis in Children and Adolescents: Epidemiological, Clinical, and Microbiological Aspects Changing with Age

Zienicke¹,

Körting²,

Lukacs³

et al. 1991

The Journal of Dermatology

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During a four year period, a total of 84 cases of dermatophytosis were seen in patients from 0 to 17 years of age attending our out-patient department. The sex distribution was about equal in preadolescents. Males predominated among adolescents. A peak incidence at early school age was due to cases of tinea capitis, mainly caused by Microsporum canis. A peak among adolescents was due to cases of tinea pedis, mainly caused by Trichophyton rubrum. In general, patients with Trichophyton rubrum infections were older than those with other types of dermatophytosis (p less than 0.05). Dermatophytosis due to Microsporum canis was most frequently seen in January and in September (p less than 0.01). Although onychomycosis due to dermatophytes was a comparatively rare disease, it did occur within all age subgroups. Entities which were very frequent in former times and which have become rare during the last decades, such as tinea capitis due to Trichophyton schönleinii, still contribute to the spectrum of dermatophytosis in childhood.

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Dermatophytosis in Children and Adolescents: Epidemiological, Clinical, and Microbiological Aspects Changing with Age

Zienicke¹,

Körting²,

Lukacs³

et al. 1991

The Journal of Dermatology

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“…Although tinea capitis has received adequate attention, the other types of dermatophytoses in the pediatric age group have tended to be overlooked. They were considered unusual or exceedingly rare (11,12), thus there were only isolated reports (13)(14)(15)(16)(17) of dermatophytic infections other than tinea capitis in children. Recently, however, a few studies (18)(19)(20)(21) have drawn attention to other sites of involvement.…”

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Dermatophytosis of Children in Kuwait

Al-Fouzan

Nanda

1992

Pediatric Dermatology

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Five hundred fifty-six children constituted 39.5% of total smear- and culture-positive cases of dermatophytosis and 0.6% of the total new dermatology outpatients seen over a period of five years. Males outnumbered females. The youngest child was a 20-day-old neonate (age range 20 days-12 yrs) with a peak of fungal infections seen in patients between 4 and 6 years of age. Microsporum canis was the most prevalent (70.5%) species, followed by Trichophyton violaceum, Microsporum audouinii, Trichophyton rubrum, and Epidermophyton floccosum. Rarely, other species were also isolated. Tinea capitis was the most common (73.7%) clinical type, followed by tinea corporis (19.1%), tinea faciei (3.4%), tinea cruris (3.4%), tinea pedis (0.9%), tinea unguium (0.9%), and tinea manus (0.2%). No racial variations were observed; however, the predominant species differed with the clinical types.

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“…Older infants and toddlers apparently have more dermatophytosis, since at least 27 cases in 2 series have been reported (5,11). Analysis ofthe infantile cases shows a similar etiologic profile to neonatal cases, with M. canis and E, floccosum predominating.…”

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