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Favus due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. quinckeanum
M S García-Sánchez1, M Pereiro, M M Pereiro
1Department of Dermatology, General Hospital of Galicia, Faculty of Medicine, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
We report a case of favus affecting the temporal region of the scalp in a 22-month-old boy. Mycological study of hairs and crusts identified Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. quinckeanum (T. quinckeanum), the causative agent of mouse favus. Treatment with oral griseofulvin led to healing.