Belgian national survey on tinea capitis: epidemiological considerations and highlight of terbinafine resistant T. mentagrophytes with a mutation on SQLE gene

peer reviewed ; Background: In this last decade, a huge increase in African anthropophilic strains causing tinea capitis has been observed in Europe. The Belgian National Reference Center for Mycosis (NRC) conducted a surveillance study on tinea capitis in 2018 to learn the profile of circulating dermatophytes. Methods: Belgian laboratories were invited to send all dermatophyte strains isolated from the scalp with epidemiological information. Strain identification was confirmed by ITS (Iinternal Ttranscribed Sspacer) sequencing. Mutation in the squalene epoxidase (SQLE) gene was screened by PC... Mehr ...