This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Fungal infections, Scabies, Pediculosis, Subject name: Dental
Kerion is a form of 
Select and explain. 
A. Bacterial lesion, B. Viral lesion, C. Fungal lesion, D. Parasitic lesion
C: Fungal lesion
Answer: C: Fungal lesion 
Explanation: 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