‘Favus’ is caused by?
Correct Answer: T. schoenleinii
Description: Favus Favus is an inflammatory type of Tinea capitis Commonest causative agent T. schoenleinii. Inflammatory (kerion, us) causing scarring/cicatricial alopecia Kerion common in children Tender boggy swelling over scalp, easily pluckable hair and enlarged lymphnode.(causative agent: T. mentagrophyte or T. verrucosum) DOC: Trichophyton - Terbinafine Microsporum spp -griseofulvin
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