Epidemiology, clinical features, and outcome of the hospitalized patients with Kerion in Fars Province, Iran: an eleven-year retrospective study

• Main Authors: Fateme Khosravi (Author), Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi (Author), Maryam Sadat Sadati (Author), Mohammadreza Khosravi (Author), Mehdi Ghahartars (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Kerion, a severe inflammatory type of tinea capitis, presents with purulent, boggy swelling and alopecia. Few articles in the literature provide information on this uncommon manifestation of tinea capitis (TC). This study aimed to determine the epidemiological and clinical charac...