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BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY IN MICROSPORUM CANIS KERION
Author(s) -
Keipert James A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1984.tb00830.x
Subject(s) - microsporum canis , medicine , corticosteroid , dermatology , tinea capitis , mycosis , griseofulvin , trichophyton , immunology , antifungal , surgery
S ummary Oral corticosteroid therapy has been reported to produce a rapid recovery in trichophyton kerion. In this paper three children are described with kerion due to Microsporum canis. The inflammatory changes responded dramatically to oral corticosteroid therapy with rapid healing of the kerions. The immunological basis for kerion formation and the response to corticosteroid therapy is discussed.