microspore

Microspore - disease of the skin and hair caused by the parasitic fungi of the genus Microsporum. Antropofilnymi fungus attacks only human, and zoofilnye microsporia cause in humans and animals (dogs, cats); respectively distinguish anthroponotic and zoonotic forms of the disease.

Anthroponotic form is very contagious, it flashes observed in children's groups. Infection occurs in contact with the sick person. The incubation period of 4 - 6 weeks. Then smooth the skin appear clearly delineated multiple pink scaly lesions are rounded, sometimes resembling inscribed into each other rings ( "badge"), with small bubbles on the periphery. Most affected vellus hair. On the scalp there are multiple small foci shelled, located usually in the marginal areas of hair growth, with broken at a distance of 6 - 8 mm from the surface of the skin hair. With their merger formed large foci with polycyclic margins.

Zoonotic form is less contagious. Infection occurs from sick people, animals or infected their household items. The incubation period is 5-7 days. On the smooth skin there are small pockets of their number sometimes reaches several tens. On the scalp it is usually 1-2 (rarely more), large round-shaped chamber with clear boundaries and defurfuration. On the periphery of a major outbreak could be several small ones. Often affects the eyebrows and eyelashes. Sometimes there may be infiltrative and suppurative lesions even with an increase in the occipital, cervical and BTE lymph nodes. Nails in both forms microsporia rarely affected.

Diagnosis is based on clinical presentation, laboratory data (detection on the hair of small, mosaic located spores, and skin flakes - its mycelium). View the fungus is determined by plating the material on Wednesday Saburo. Diagnostics facilitates the luminescent method of research (infected hair in the light of a fluorescent lamp Byda give green light).

Treatment of patients (with the defeat of the scalp and the presence of multiple lesions on smooth skin) is performed in a hospital. Assign griseofulvin or Nizoral. If it affects the smooth skin lesions smeared with 2 - 5% alcohol tincture of iodine, mikoseptin, nitrofunginom, 2-5% of the sulfur-salicylic ointment and other fungicides.

Prevention: the form anthroponotic conducted a thorough inspection of all persons who had contact with the patient, when zoonotic - inspection using fluorescent lamp Wood pets, catching stray cats and dogs, disinfection in the foci of the disease, as well as sanitary and educational work among the population.