Korean J Dermatol.
1982 Jun;20(3):389-396.
Mycological and Clinical Observation on Tinea Faciale
Abstract
- Tinea faciale is a dermatophyte infection of glabrous skin of the face except moustache and beard areas of the adult male. Generally it is not considered to be unique entity, and is included under Tinea corporis. However, T. faciale is somewhat different from T. corporis in its clinical manifestation, age and sex distribution and composition of causative fungi. Because superficial fungal infection of the face has not been emphasized, there is a low index of suspicion and often incorrect diagnoses are made. This clinical and mycological investigation was made with 36 cases of Tinea faciale among out-patients in dermatologic clinic of St. Pauls hospital, Catholic Medical College, from October, 1980 to September, 1981. Following results were obtained: 1. The incidence of Tinea. faciale was 0.67% among 5,406 out-patients and 3.7% among 973 superficial fungal infections. 2. The ratio of male to female patient was 1: 2.6 and incidence rate among divided age groups was the highest in under 9(36.1%) and 10-19(16.7%), 20-29(16.7%) in order(Table 1). 3. Central clearing was showed in 43.5% of the patients, annular or circular features in 65.2%, scales in 69.6%, papules in 39.1%, pustules in 17.4% and 73.9% of the patients had singie lesion(Table 3). 4. Coexisting fungal infection was found in 10 patients(27.8%) among 36 cases a,nd the most common coexisting fungus was Microsporum canis (Table 6). 5. The incidence of causative fungi in descending order were as follows: Microsporum canis(43.8%), Trichophyton rubrum (25%), Trichophyton mentagrophyte(15.6%) Microsporum gypaeum(9.4%), Trichophyton interdigitale(6.2%) (Table 4).
