Tinea Capitis Caused by Microsporum audouninii: A Report of Two Cases from Côte D’Ivoire, West Africa
Autor: | Aubin Yao, Bamba Vagamon, Motoi Takenaka, Koichi Makimura, Hiroyuki Murota, Kouame Kouadio, Rie Roselyne Yotsu, Katsutaro Nishimoto |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
sub-Saharan Africa Microsporum audouinii medicine.medical_specialty dermatophytosis 030106 microbiology lcsh:Medicine Cote d ivoire Case Report medicine.disease_cause tinea West africa 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine General Immunology and Microbiology biology tinea capitis lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health developing country dermatophyte biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Dermatology Infectious Diseases Dermatophyte Tinea capitis Microsporum tape sampling |
Zdroj: | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 6, Iss 9, p 9 (2021) Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease |
ISSN: | 2414-6366 |
Popis: | We report here two cases of tinea capitis caused by Microsporum (M.) audouinii in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. The patients were a three-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl who presented with scaly patches on the scalp. The causative fungus was isolated using an adhesive tape-sampling method and cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar plates. It was identified as M. audouinii both by its macroscopic and microscopic features, confirmed by DNA sequencing. These are the first documented cases of M. audouinii infections confirmed with DNA sequencing to be reported from Côte d’Ivoire. The practicality of the tape-sampling method makes it possible to carry out epidemiological surveys evaluating the distribution of these dermatophytic infections in remote, resource-limited settings. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 6(1), art. no. 9; 2021 |
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