Tinea Imbricata as a Clue to Occult Immunodeficiency

Jiménez, Luis Carlos Martín; Monsálvez, V.; García-Rodrigo, Carlota Gutiérrez; Llorente, C. Postigo

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“…They are creamy colored, waxy, crateriform or cerebriform with the brown facility and also white fine-grained edge. The bottom is amber in shade 3,8,15 . Sabouraud peptone agar with certain antibiotics was used to suppress bacterial growth in the culture where some strains needed for enhancement of thiamine 3,8,13 .…”

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“…TI is endemic in 3 main geographical regions, Southwest Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America. Endemic areas in Southwest Pacific region are Fiji 3,8,13 , Samoa 3,8,13 ,13 ,Solomon Islands 8,14,15 , Tahiti, Tokelau , Papua New Guinea 16 , Indonesia 17,18 , and New Zealand 3,8,13,19 . Endemic areas in Southeast Asia are India 3,8,13 , China, Thailand 20 ,Malaysia 8, , and Philippines 32 .Endemic areas in Central and South America 3,8,13,21,22 are Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Colombia and Brazil 3,8,13 .TI occurs in warm tropical and subtropical climates along a slightly cold weather at an elevation of 1.000-2.500 m over the water level.…”

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“…Malnutrition, iron shortage, poor health, and poor housing are important risk factors . TI would be somewhat extra common in adult girls as well as male children 15,22 . Some writers rejected sex and age distinctions 3,8 .…”

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“…Palmo-plantar surfaces, as well as the scalp, can be affected. The temple, groin, and sometimes axillae are usually saved 15,31 , although a youngster with unique involvement of the temple was explained with more details in recent reports 15 . Seven various clinical presentation of TI were proposed such as annular, concentric, lamellar, lichenified, plaque-like, palmar-plantar and onychomycosis.…”

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“…Toenail participation is medically comparable from that activated by T. mentagrophytes as well as T. rubrum. A important clinical presentation of TI is distal subungual onychomycosis 3,8,15 Pruritus might be missing out on 25 or severe or moderate 3,15,22 . In the last situation, chronic damaging reasons lichenification.…”

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A Systematic Review of Diagnosis and Treatment Options for Tinea Imbricata

Abdulazeem¹,

Salem²,

Saad³

et al. 2019

Int J Life Sci Pharm Res

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Tinea imbricata is a cutaneous fungal disease and sometimes called (Tokelau). The causative agent is a dermatophyte known as Trichophyton concentricum. It is an endemic in developing countries particularly in South Pacific, India, Central and South America, as well as Mexico. It is generally observed in people with poor living conditions and poor personal hygiene. Predisposing factors are hot weather, humidity, and host immunity in addition to genetic factors. The patients usually presented with concentric or lamellar skin lesions. The aim of this review is to highlight important information about microbial, clinical and therapeutic aspects of tinea imbricta. In this review, we search the literature to identify articles talking different aspects of tinea imbricta. The electronic search was performed in four databases to identify eligible articles in the literature. Electronic databases were searched including MEDLINE and EMBASE using PubMed search engine. In addition, Cochrane library and ovid was searched. The titles and abstracts of the resulted articles were screened to identify eligible studies. Based on the primary screening results the irrelevant studies, duplicated and reviews were excluded. Tinea imbricta is found to be endemic in 3 main geographical regions, Southwest Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America. There is an autosomal recessive genetic factor which increases the vulnerability to tinea imbricta infection. The levels of both general and specific IgE class antibodies were higher than normal values. Usual clinical findings of tinea imbricta are multiple annular, concentric, squamous sores and may be associated with erythema. The infection usually starts in young people on the facial region and disseminate to the trunk, arms or legs.The eradication of the disease has not been possible yet, thus preventative procedures should be adopted as a strategy of disease control.

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A Systematic Review of Diagnosis and Treatment Options for Tinea Imbricata

Abdulazeem¹,

Salem²,

Saad³

et al. 2019

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Tinea Imbricata in an Italian Child and Review of the Literature

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Tinea imbricata is a chronic superficial mycosis caused by Trichophyton concentricum. It is characterized by widespread, annular, concentric, squamous lesions. Tinea imbricata is endemic in three geographical areas: Southwest Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America. Tinea imbricata in travelers returning from endemic areas is exceptionally rare. We report a case of tinea imbricata in an Italian child who acquired the infection during a trip to Solomon Islands. Three cultures were positive for T. concentricum. The patient was successfully treated with griseofulvin and terbinafine cream.

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Tinea Imbricata: An Overview

Leung

Leong

Lam

2019

CPR

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Background: Tinea imbricata is a chronic superficial mycosis caused mainly by Trichophyton concentricum. The condition mainly affects individuals living in primitive and isolated environment in developing countries and is rarely seen in developed countries. Physicians in nonendemic areas might not be aware of this fungal infection. Objective: To familiarize physicians with the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of tinea imbricata. Methods: A PubMed search was completed in Clinical Queries using the key terms "Tinea imbricata" and "Trichophyton concentricum". The search strategy included meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials, clinical trials, observational studies, reviews, and case reports. The information retrieved from the above search was used in the compilation of the present article.A PubMed search was completed in Clinical Queries using the key terms "Tinea imbricata" and "Trichophyton concentricum". The search strategy included meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials, clinical trials, observational studies, reviews, and case reports. The information retrieved from the above search was used in the compilation of the present article. Results: The typical initial lesions of tinea imbricata consist of multiple, brownish red, scaly, pruritic papules. The papules then spread centrifugally to form annular and/or concentric rings that can extend to form serpinginous or polycyclic plaques with or without erythema. With time, multiple overlapping lesions develop, and the plaques become lamellar with abundant thick scales adhering to the interior of the lesion, giving rise to the appearance of overlapping roof tiles, lace, or fish scales. Lamellar detachment of the scales is common. The diagnosis is mainly clinical, based on the characteristic skin lesions. If necessary, the diagnosis can be confirmed by potassium hydroxide wet-mount examination of skin scrapings of the active border of the lesion which typically shows short septate hyphae, numerous chlamydoconidia, and no arthroconidia. Currently, oral terbinafine is the drug of choice for the treatment of tinea imbricata. Combined therapy of an oral antifungal agent with a topical antifungal and keratolytic agent may increase the cure rate. Conclusion: In most cases, a spot diagnosis of tinea imbricata can be made based on the characteristic skin lesions consisting of scaly, concentric annular rings and overlapping plaques that are pruritic. Due to popularity of international travel, physicians involved in patient care should be aware of this fungal infection previously restricted to limited geographical areas.

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Tinea Imbricata as a Clue to Occult Immunodeficiency

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A Systematic Review of Diagnosis and Treatment Options for Tinea Imbricata

A Systematic Review of Diagnosis and Treatment Options for Tinea Imbricata

Tinea Imbricata in an Italian Child and Review of the Literature

Tinea Imbricata: An Overview

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