Tinea barbae associated with erythema nodosum in an immunocompetent man

Abstract

We describe the case of a 45-year-old man with atopy who developed marked inflammatory lesions on the bearded area of the face caused by Tricophyton rubrum, an anthropophilic fungus not frequently correlated with kerion of the face. After starting therapy with griseofulvin, he developed typical lesions of erythema nodosum on both legs. We discuss how these lesions could be correlated with the kerion of the face.

Erythema nodosum complicating a case of kerion celsi of the scalp due toTrichophyton mentagrophytes

“…Only 13 cases have been reported in the international literature, occurring in patients aged between 3 and 19 years and in one man aged 45 years. T. mentagrophytes was identified in 8 of the 13 cases; Trichophyton gypseum, Trichophyton sulphureum, Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton verrucosum and Epidermophyton floccosum were found in the remaining 5 (1 case each) 2–5 …”

Erythema nodosum caused by ascariasis andChlamydophila pneumoniaepulmonary infection — a case report

“…A patient with characteristics of erythema nodosum and skin coccidiomycosis of hypodermis was described by Blair (2007). Epidermophyton floccosum infection (Provini et al, 2003), Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton rubrum infections during the course of scalp mycoses of a kerion type (Calista et al, 2001;Foti et al, 2001) have been described less frequently. Blaise et al (2007) reported on a viral infection caused by parvovirus B19 and a reactive erythema nodosum-like manifestation.…”