Tinea capitis-like infection caused by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in a shelter for African Refugee Children in Northern Israel

Avi Peretz; Orna Nitzan; Victoria Freidus; Riad Kassem

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.12.016

Tinea capitis-like infection caused by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in a shelter for African Refugee Children in Northern Israel

Avi Peretz, Orna Nitzan, Victoria Freidus, Riad Kassem

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Abstract

Rhodotorula is a genus of unicellular pigmented yeasts, part of the division Basidiomycota. In this article, we report three cases of refugee children in a day care shelter in northern Israel who were clinically diagnosed and treated empirically as with ringworm infection but with clean and exclusive growth of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in repeated cultures of several skin samples. Skin infections caused by this yeast are rare and there are few reports in the literature, mainly in patients who are immunocompromised. Here we report an infectious process of the scalp in immunocompetent children, caused by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa mimicking tinea capitis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	44-46
Number of pages	3
Journal	Acta Tropica
Volume	179
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.12.016
State	Published - Mar 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Children
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Ringworm
Tinea capitis

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Parasitology
Infectious Diseases

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Tinea capitis-like infection caused by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in a shelter for African Refugee Children in Northern Israel

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