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Majocchi's granuloma in a 3-year-old boy.

Feng WW, Chen HC, Chen HC

Department of Dermatology, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. wwfeng@ntu.edu.tw

A 3-year-old boy presented with a 15 x 15-cm papulonodular lesion on his left shin of 8 weeks' duration. The lesion was considered a Majocchi's granuloma caused by Trichophyton tonsurans. He was treated with griseofulvin and topical clotrimazole and hydrocortisone cream and responded well after 8 weeks of treatment.

Published 28 June 2006 in Pediatr Infect Dis J, 25(7): 658-9.
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