Kerion is a form of: (A) Bacterial lesion, (B) Viral lesion, (C) Fungal lesion, (D) Parasitic lesion
Answer is C. Kerion or inflammatory type of tinea capitis: kerion is a inflammatory boggy swelling , indurated tender swelling that is studded with broken ,unbroken hairs , vesicles and pustules. There is sinus formation thick crusting.heals with scarring. Causative organism trichophyton verrucosum and trichophyton mentagrophytes iadvl textbook of dermatology page 255