We report a severe case of kerion Celsi of the scalp in a previously healthy 13-year-old girl due to Trichophyton quinckeanum, an emerging dermatophyte species in Europe. The species was definitely identified by DNA sequencing and the patient was successfully treated by oral terbinafine for 6 weeks.

Kerion Celsi is a severe inflammatory form of tinea capitis, which is characterised by a purulent discharge and alopecia [1John A.M., Schwartz R.A., Janniger C.K. The kerion: an angry tinea capitis Int J Dermatol 2018 ;  57 : 3-910.1111/ijd.13423 [cross-ref]

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références]. It typically occurs in children infected with zoophilic dermatophytes, such as Trichophyton mentagrophytes, and an increasing number of cases caused by other Trichophyton species has recently been reported [2Segal E., Elad D. Human and zoonotic dermatophytoses: epidemiological aspects Front Microbiol 2021 ;  12 : 71353210.3389/fmicb.2021.713532

Cliquez ici pour aller à la section Références]. Herein we report a severe case of kerion Celsi of the scalp caused by the emerging species Trichophyton quinckeanum, which was successfully treated by oral antifungal.