Diagnostic approach to tinea capitis with kerion: A retrospective study.
Avner ShemerAnna LyakhovitskyBaruch KaplanRiad KassemRalph DanielTomm CaspiEran GaliliPublished in: Pediatric dermatology (2022)
High rates of negative fungal cultures were found only in highly inflammatory kerion. Sampling a highly inflammatory kerion after a combined oral antibiotic and steroid course improved rates of positive fungal cultures. In addition, sampling of non-inflammatory tinea capitis lesions (when present in addition to the kerion) had the highest culture sensitivity.
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