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Kotrekhova L.P.

Sankt-Peterburg Academy of Post-Diploma Education;
P.N. Kashkin Research Institute of Medical Mycology

Chilina G.A.

NII meditsinskoĭ mikologii Sankt-Peterburgskoĭ akademii poslediplomnogo obrazovaniia;
Sankt-Peterburgskaia gosudarstvennaia pediatricheskaia meditsinskaia akademiia

Pchelin I.M.

North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Tsurupa E.N.

«North-Western State Medical University Named After I.I Mechnikov» Under The Ministry Of Public Health Of The Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 191015

Raznatovskiy K.I.

P.N. Kashkin Research Institute of Medical Micology State educational institution of higher professional education "Sankt Peterburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education", Federal Agency for Healthcare and Social Development

Vasil'eva N.V.

P.N. Kashkin Research Institute of Medical Micology State educational institution of higher professional education "Sankt Peterburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education", Federal Agency for Healthcare and Social Development

Successful treatment with sertaconazole of microsporia in a patient infected from an elephant

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Kotrekhova L.P., Chilina G.A., Pchelin I.M., Tsurupa E.N., Raznatovskiy K.I., Vasil'eva N.V.

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Journal: Russian Journal of Clinical Dermatology and Venereology. 2019;18(2): 154‑159

DOI: 10.17116/klinderma201918021154

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SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH SERTACONAZOLE OF MICROSPORIA IN A PATIENT INFECTED FROM AN ELEPHANT
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH SERTACONAZOLE OF MICROSPORIA IN A PATIENT INFECTED FROM AN ELEPHANT

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Kotrekhova LP, Chilina GA, Pchelin IM, Tsurupa EN, Raznatovskiy KI, Vasil'eva NV. Successful treatment with sertaconazole of microsporia in a patient infected from an elephant. Russian Journal of Clinical Dermatology and Venereology. 2019;18(2):154‑159. (In Russ., In Engl.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/klinderma201918021154

Подписка 2026 Клиническая дерматология и венерология (Russian Journal of Clinical Dermatology and Venereology)
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Place of sertaconazole, amorolfine and keto­conazole in the treatment of myco­ses of the skin and its appe­ndages: description of cases and lite­rature review. Russian Journal of Clinical Dermatology and Vene­reology. 2025;(3):343-348
Abstract:

Microsporia of skin and scalp is one of the most common clinical forms of ringworm in the Russian Federation. The main sources of microsporia infection are cats and dogs, less often rabbits, small rodents and goats. It is presented rare case report (perhaps, the first one) of a 32-year-old man infection with microsporia from an Indian elephant on Phuket Island in Southeast Asia. Microsporum canis as the most common cause of microsporia resulted skin mycosis in this case. The course of microsporia was characterized by a large number of pustules. Molecular genetic analysis of M. canis isolated from the patient confirmed identity of its genotype with the genotypes of local strains of M. canis. Those strains were previously isolated from people who were infected by cats in the North-West region, St. Petersburg and Leningrad region. Therapy with sertaconazole and griseofulvin was highly effective. Currently, wide range of topical antifungal drugs is available. Therapy with sertaconazole is very effective for microsporia due to unique structure of the active molecule followed by fungicidal effect and wide spectrum of action on the most of pathogens of skin mycoses.

Keywords:

microsporia
Microsporum canis
Indian elephant
sertaconazole

Authors:

Kotrekhova L.P.

Sankt-Peterburg Academy of Post-Diploma Education;
P.N. Kashkin Research Institute of Medical Mycology

Chilina G.A.

NII meditsinskoĭ mikologii Sankt-Peterburgskoĭ akademii poslediplomnogo obrazovaniia;
Sankt-Peterburgskaia gosudarstvennaia pediatricheskaia meditsinskaia akademiia

Pchelin I.M.

North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Tsurupa E.N.

«North-Western State Medical University Named After I.I Mechnikov» Under The Ministry Of Public Health Of The Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 191015

Raznatovskiy K.I.

P.N. Kashkin Research Institute of Medical Micology State educational institution of higher professional education "Sankt Peterburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education", Federal Agency for Healthcare and Social Development

Vasil'eva N.V.

P.N. Kashkin Research Institute of Medical Micology State educational institution of higher professional education "Sankt Peterburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education", Federal Agency for Healthcare and Social Development

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