ReviewDer Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete2019
[Tinea capitis-diagnostic measures in an outbreak situation : Case report and review of the literature].
Review in Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Emergence of Trichophyton tonsurans-A Retrospective Multicentre Study of the Dermatophyte Spectrum in Germany.Mycoses · 2025Article
- An uncommon cause of tinea: Trichophyton violaceum in a German kindergarten - outbreak report and quantitative analysis of epidemiological data from Europe.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2022Article
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Abstract
In a preschool a long-lasting outbreak of Trichophyton (T.) tonsurans tinea capitis was stopped by a concurrent screening of all persons at-risk (N = 264) with the hairbrush technique and a therapy based on clinical picture as well as on the quantitative results of the culture. In addition to the 5 symptomatic patients 10 asymptomatic carriers undetected until now were especially important as vectors. With the rising incidence of T. tonsurans and T. violaceum and the return of Microsporum (M.) audouinii in central Europe such outbreaks are likely to occur more frequently. According to the literature an early and comprehensive screening of the entire at-risk population, a combined antimycotic therapy of the symptomatic and at least a topical therapy of the asymptomatic as well as measures of decontamination are important conditions for successful outbreak management. In our hands the hairbrush technique is a reliable, painless and easy-to-perform screening method which also allows a quantification of fungal load.
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