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Tinea capitis in two black African adults with HIV infection
Author(s) -
Lateur,
André [],
De Maubeuge,
Poncin,
Xianfang Song
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02778.x
Subject(s) - tinea capitis , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , scalp , dermatology , malassezia , opportunistic infection , immunology , viral disease
Tinea capitis is rare in adults, although a few cases have been described in HIV‐infected patients. We present two cases in black African adults who were HIV positive. In one, the condition led to the diagnosis of HIV infection. It is possible that the rarity of tinea capitis in HIV‐positive adults could be related to increased colonization of their scalp by Pityrosporum (Malassezia) spp. In patients well controlled with an antiviral therapy, the treatment of tinea capitis seems no more difficult than in non‐immunosuppressed patients. There is possibly a relation between clinical presentation and degree of immunodeficiency.