Table 2.
Variable | No. of Patients |
---|---|
Male sex | 12 |
Female sex | 5 |
Country of origin | |
Morocco | 2 |
Algeria | 11 |
Tunisia | 4 |
First symptoms* | |
Severe or recurrent tinea capitis | 14 |
Severe or recurrent tinea corporis | 10 |
Onychomycosis | 6 |
Presentations in adulthood | |
Lymph node enlargement | 10 |
Central nervous system invasion | 1 |
Local organ invasion (bone, diges- tive tract) |
2 |
Associated infection: thrush | 6 |
Deaths† | 5 |
Dermatophyte identified | |
T. rubrum | 5 |
T. violaceum | 8 |
Histologic features | |
Granuloma | 10 |
Necrosis | 6 |
Hyphae on biopsy | 12 |
Biologic exploration‡ | |
Hypereosinophilia (>500/mm3) | 9/10 |
High IgE levels (>500,000 IU/ml) | 4/4 |
Lymphocyte subset‡ | |
Normal CD4+ T-lymphocyte subset | 4/4 |
Normal CD8+ T-lymphocyte subset | 4/4 |
Normal B-lymphocyte subset | 3/3 |
Normal NK-lymphocyte subset | 3/3 |
The median age at first symptoms was 8 years (range, 2 to 21).
The median age at death was 34 years (range, 28 to 91).
For biologic exploration and lymphocyte subset, the number and total number of patients tested are shown for each category.