Infectious Alopecia in a Dog Breeder After Renal Transplantation
September 2008
in “
Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
”
Studysummary This case report describes a renal transplant patient with tinea capitis, revealing a fungal infection from Microsporum canis linked to her dogs, which resolved after treatment for both the patient and animals. Our plain-language summary of this paper — not a Tressless recommendation.
A renal transplant recipient on cyclosporine-based therapy developed severe scalp exfoliation, hair loss, and skin ulcers due to a fungal infection caused by Microsporum canis, likely contracted from an outbreak of ringworm in her breeding dogs. After treatment with griseofulvin and environmental disinfection, the patient's skin lesions resolved, and hair regrowth was observed.
