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Tinea capitis due to Trichophyton rubrum in a neonate
Sung-Eun Chang1, Sook-Kyoung Kang, Jee-Ho Choi
1Department of Dermatology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
Pediatric Dermatology
|September 11, 2002
Abstract:
Tinea capitis is a common infection of school-aged children, but there have been only a few reports of tinea capitis in newborns. Furthermore, Trichophyton rubrum as a causative organism of tinea capitis is documented very rarely. We report herein a neonate in whom T. rubrum was the causative agent. This boy was successfully treated with three pulses of oral itraconazole solution.