A case report of tinea capitis in newborn
KANG Ting
REN Runxia
LIU Wenhong
YUAN Yuan
YU Shaohua
ZHANG Renjuan
DU Hua
HE Chunfeng
Abstract：A 28-day-old female newborn,presented with"circular lesions on scalp 10 days".Fungal microscopic examina-tion revealed mycelium positive.Fungal culture and identification confirmed the pathogen was Microsporum canis,which led to the diagnosis of tinea capitis.Topical treatment was combined with miconazole nitrate cream and 10%povidone iodine so-lution,twice a day.After one month,the fungal microscopic examination was still positive,so fluconazole tablet,3 mg·kg-1·d-1,once a day was added,after 6 weeks,the skin lesions site returned to normal.
Keywords：newborntinea capitisMicrosporum canisfluconazole
Publication Date：2025-04-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 194-195,207 )