Treatment of kerions.

Author(s): Honig PJ, Caputo GL, Leyden JJ, McGinley K, Selbst SM, McGravey AR

Affiliation(s): Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Publication date & source: 1994-03, Pediatr Dermatol., 11(1):69-71.

Publication type: Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial

Therapy for kerions was evaluated by randomly assigning 30 patients to one of four treatment groups: group A griseofulvin, group B griseofulvin plus erythromycin, group C griseofulvin plus prednisone, and group D griseofulvin, erythromycin, and prednisone. Data indicate that antibiotic and steroid therapy, in addition to griseofulvin, may reduce scaling and pruritus, but does not reduce the time it takes for kerions to flatten.