Kerion Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent ...

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Description

Kerion

Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 

Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm infection 

( Trichophyton verrucosum, Microsporum canis, and Trichophyton mentagrophytes) 

Clinical 

• Painful 

• Hair loss 

• Fever 

• Lymphadenopathy 

Treatment: Oral Griseofulvin



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Dr. Gerald Diaz

@GeraldMD

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