Terbinafine treatment of Trichophyton equinum infection in a child

Abstract

A case of tinea faciae caused by Trichophyton equinum affecting a 5-year-old boy is described. The boy had ridden a pony a month earlier and responded to a 6-week course of treatment with oral and topical terbinafine.

Tinea Capitis Caused by Trichophyton equinum

“…According to the few published reports (2)(3)(4)(5) terbinafine, ketoconazoie and griseofulvin are etTective drugs. T. equinum is almost always communicated by horses or ponies (ringworm is a common reason to ban the animals from horse shows), whereas T. tonsurans is spread by hutnans.…”

“…In England a case of tinea capitis was reported in 1994 in a woman on systemic therapy with corticosteroids who went horse-riding (2). Tinea of the eyebrows was acquired by another child through contact with a pony in Spain in 2001 (5). A racing horse was the source of infection with T. equinum in a case of onychomycosis reported from Finland in 1998 (4).…”

Surto de Trichophyton equinum var. equinum em eqüinos no sul do Brasil

“…Além disso, como se trata de uma zoonose, tratadores e outros indivíduos que tenham contato com esses animais podem vir a contrair a doença, o que tem sido bem caracterizado em relatos de casos de dermatofitose humana causada pelo Trichophytum equinum descritos por TAKATORI & ICHIGO (1985); HUOVINEN (1998) e AMOR et al (2001.…”

An outbreak of Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii dermatophytosis at a veterinary school associated with an infected horse

“…In contrast, dermatophytoses transmitted by horses are uncommon. Most equine dermatophyte infections are indeed caused by Trichophyton equinum but this species is rarely isolated from humans where it may cause moderately inflamed lesions . Inflammatory dermatomycosis transmitted by a horse can be due to T. verrucosum , of which the reservoir is cattle but which occasionally infects horses .…”