Recurrent terbinafine resistant Trichophyton rubrum infection in a child with congenital ichthyosis

Dermatophytosis in children caused by Trichophyton rubrum is preferably treated with topical or systemic terbinafine. We report the first case of terbinafine resistance in a child with recurrent T. rubrum dermatophytosis and congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma.