Tinea capitis outbreak among paediatric refugee population, an evolving healthcare challenge

Autor:	Eli Sprecher, Ronen Ben Ami, Tamar Gan Or, Mihal Savion, Omri Zidan, Ana Kutz, Jacob Mashiah, Avikam Harel, Ilan Goldberg
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Male 0301 basic medicine Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Microsporum audouinii 030106 microbiology Population Prevalence Ethnic group Dermatology Griseofulvin Disease Outbreaks 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Trichophyton Epidemiology medicine Humans Microsporum Israel Child education Poverty Tinea Capitis Retrospective Studies Skin Refugees education.field_of_study biology business.industry Incidence Infant Outbreak Retrospective cohort study General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Crowding Infectious Diseases Child Preschool Female Tinea capitis business Hair Demography
Zdroj:	Mycoses. 59:553-557
ISSN:	0933-7407
Popis:	Outbreaks of tinea capitis (TC) represent a major medical and economic burden. Population migrations have become a phenomenon of increasing relevance for medical conditions management. Given the recent massive arrival of immigrants, we sought to determine epidemiologic trends for TC among paediatric populations at the Tel Aviv Medical Center. We conducted a retrospective study of all TC cases diagnosed between 2010 and 2014 in a paediatric dermatology unit of a tertiary medical centre, serving as a referral centre for the paediatric refugee population from the great Tel Aviv area. Epidemiologic, clinical and treatment data including effectiveness and safety were reviewed. In all, 145 children met the inclusion criteria. Trend analyses showed increases in TC rates over the study period. Incidence rates were higher in boys than in girls. Children of African origin had the highest TC incidence rates as compared with other ethnic groups. Trichophyton violaceum and Microsporum audouinii were the predominant causative organisms. Treatment with griseofulvin was satisfactory in all cases. There was a significant increase in TC incidence rates in the Tel Aviv area over the study period. TV and MA were the predominant organisms. These trends may be a result of poor living conditions and crowded school premises.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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