Tinea capitis in Brussels: Epidemiology and New Management Strategy

Kolivras, Athanassios; Lateur, Nadine; Maubeuge, Josiane De; Scheers, Christelle; Wiame, Lucy; Song, Micheline

doi:10.1159/000069964

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“…violaceum (18 %) and T. tonsurans (3 %) [75]. The same species were recorded by Detandt et al in a survey conducted in Brussels schools and nurseries over a 2-year period [76].…”

Section: Increase In Anthropophilic Dermatophytes Causing Tc In Europesupporting

confidence: 69%

Dermatophytosis, Trends in Epidemiology and Diagnostic Approach

Hayette

Sacheli

2015

Curr Fungal Infect Rep

110

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Dermatophytes are amongst the most common fungal agents causing superficial skin infections. The epidemiology of dermatophytosis has changed during the last century under the influence of socioeconomic factors, modern life, intensification of travel, migration of populations from the southern to the northern hemisphere. As result, Trichophyton rubrum has become the most frequent species worldwide, causing mainly tinea pedis and tinea unguium, while Microsporum canis is still the main agent in tinea corporis and capitis in Mediterranean countries. However, the prevalence of anthropophilic dermatophytes causing tinea capitis in young children is increasing overall in the big cities of Europe and America, causing epidemics and becoming a public health concern. This review summarizes the current status of dermatophyte infection in Europe, Africa, Asia and America and gives an overview of the most recent molecular methods currently available for the laboratory diagnosis of dermatophytosis.

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“…violaceum (18 %) and T. tonsurans (3 %) [75]. The same species were recorded by Detandt et al in a survey conducted in Brussels schools and nurseries over a 2-year period [76].…”

Section: Increase In Anthropophilic Dermatophytes Causing Tc In Europesupporting

confidence: 69%

Dermatophytosis, Trends in Epidemiology and Diagnostic Approach

Hayette

Sacheli

2015

Curr Fungal Infect Rep

110

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“…Nevertheless, there appears to be a shift towards the predominance of anthropophilic tineas in Europe, particularly in urban areas with much immigration (mainly from Africa) 1,6,13,25 . There has been a notable increase in cases due to T. tonsurans , as is evident in countries such as UK, 5 Ireland 5 or Netherlands and in cities such as Paris, 6 and even in a prospective study carried out in schools in Madrid 14 .…”

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confidence: 99%

A 30‐year survey of paediatric tinea capitis in southern Spain

Boz¹,

Crespo²,

Rivas-Ruiz³

et al. 2011

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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We report the largest study of TC in Spain. Our results were very similar to those in other national studies, noting a predominance of non-inflammatory cases of TC caused by zoophilic dermatophytes. Although the species of the causal dermatophytes have not varied substantially in this period, the increasing number of immigrants may lead to a change in the aetiology of TC in the future. The number of cases referred to the dermatology department who have already been treated shows a lack of communication between primary care and dermatology.

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“…Affected patients were of Mediterranean, Australian Aboriginal, or Ethiopian origin (23). More recently, studies from Sweden, Finland, and Belgium have also reported isolation of T. violaceum and T. soudanense from children with tinea capitis, most of whom were African (particularly Somali) immigrants (12,13,17).…”

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Isolation of Trichophyton violaceum and Trichophyton soudanense in Baltimore, Maryland

Magill¹,

Manfredi

Swiderski

et al. 2007

J Clin Microbiol

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Tinea capitis is of public health importance because of its transmissibility. Trichophyton violaceum and Trichophyton soudanense , which are common causes of tinea capitis in parts of Africa and West Asia, have only rarely been reported to cause dermatophytoses in the United States. We identified 24 patients with 25 positive cultures for T. violaceum or T. soudanense that were processed in a single hospital laboratory in Baltimore, Maryland, between 1 January 2000 and 30 June 2006. Most patients for whom clinical information was available had tinea capitis. There was a marked increase in the isolation of these organisms between the period from 2000 to 2002 and the period from 2003 to 2006, possibly associated with changes in immigration to the Baltimore metropolitan area. The changing epidemiology of this transmissible fungal infection not only is of public health interest as an example of the introduction of a “new” pathogen to an area where it traditionally was not endemic but also is of clinical and microbiological importance given reports suggesting an increasing incidence of tinea capitis in some areas and increasing clinical failure rates of current therapies.

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Tinea capitis in Brussels: Epidemiology and New Management Strategy

Cited by 30 publications

References 5 publications

Dermatophytosis, Trends in Epidemiology and Diagnostic Approach

Dermatophytosis, Trends in Epidemiology and Diagnostic Approach

A 30‐year survey of paediatric tinea capitis in southern Spain

Isolation of Trichophyton violaceum and Trichophyton soudanense in Baltimore, Maryland

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