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
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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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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