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Down Syndrome Patient with Tinea Capitis due to Aspergillus ochraceus, The First Rare Case Report

Ahmed Badri ABED
Pages
19–28
Publication Date
2022-03-29
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So we report a first rare case of a typical tinea capitis infection with its picture and with a rare causative agent which is Aspergilla ochraceus and all these findings were found in 6-year old girl with a Down syndrome.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Tinea capitis is a fungal infection of the scalp skin and hair and often caused by dermatophytes .it is the most common type of superficial dermatophytosis in children despite the fact that this infection is not familiar in children with Down syndrome.
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Key Findings & Data:The infection occurs mainly due to keratinophilic fungi which are anthropophilic and zoophilic species of the genera Trichophyton , Microsporum and Epidermophyton, but not by Aspergilla species because cutaneous aspergillosis in general is a rare disease since all types of aspergillosis infection are more likely to occur in underlying conditions and immunocompromised patients.
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Conclusion & Impact:So we report a first rare case of a typical tinea capitis infection with its picture and with a rare causative agent which is Aspergilla ochraceus and all these findings were found in 6-year old girl with a Down syndrome.
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⚙️Variables:Aspergillus ochraceus · Down syndrome · Tinea capitis

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Tinea capitis is a fungal infection of the scalp skin and hair and often caused by dermatophytes .it is the most common type of superficial dermatophytosis in children despite the fact that this infection is not familiar in children with Down syndrome. The infection occurs mainly due to keratinophilic fungi which are anthropophilic and zoophilic species of the genera Trichophyton , Microsporum and Epidermophyton, but not by Aspergilla species because cutaneous aspergillosis in general is a rare disease since all types of aspergillosis infection are more likely to occur in underlying conditions and immunocompromised patients. Limited numbers of published reports referred to scalp mycosis by aspergilla which were caused by Aspergillus protuberus and aspergilla niger. To our knowledge, until so far there is no published report case indicated to the diagnosis of tinea capitis caused by Aspergilla ochraceus and no published report correlated a tinea capitis caused by A.ochraceus in Down syndrome child. So we report a first rare case of a typical tinea capitis infection with its picture and with a rare causative agent which is Aspergilla ochraceus and all these findings were found in 6-year old girl with a Down syndrome.

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ABED, A. B. (2022). Down Syndrome Patient with Tinea Capitis due to Aspergillus ochraceus, The First Rare Case Report. Journal of Immunology and Clinical Microbiology, Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 1, 19–28. https://ajindex.com/articles/835913

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