Querion de Celso: ¿un problema diagnóstico?: experiencia en 6 pacientes / Kerion Celsi: a diagnostic problem?: experience in 6 patients

ABSTRACT

We report 6 patients with Kerion Celsi due to trichophyton verrucosum. Five of the patients were hospiotalized with the diagnosis of Staphylococcal abscess. This confusion is due to that highly suppurative and inflammatory nature of the infection. Griseofulvin is the antimicrobial of choice for treatment, asociated with imidazolics and corticosteroids to prevent alopecia. The authors suggest that an adequate use of simple microbiological diagnosis tests in the diagnosis of pyodermitis in rural children, may prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and permanent hair loss