Parental Misidentification and Potential Mismanagement of Dermatophytosis: Insights From a Nationwide Survey of Mothers, United States, 2025.

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• Alternative Title:
  Pediatric Dermatology, 2026, v. 43, no. 3: Parental Misidentification and Potential Mismanagement of Dermatophytosis: Insights From a Nationwide Survey of Mothers, United States, 2025.
• Journal Article:
  Pediatric Dermatology
• Personal Author:
  Gold, Jeremy A. W. ; Lutfy, Caitlyn ; Werner, Kaitlyn ; Lipner, Shari R. ; Benedict, Kaitlin
• Description:
  Information is lacking on parental recognition and management practices for dermatophytosis, a common childhood infection associated with increasing antifungal resistance. We analyzed data from a nationwide survey of US mothers with children < 18 years living at home, using chi-squared tests to compare respondents who indicated they would treat dermatophytosis with over-the-counter corticosteroids versus those who would not. Among the 306 respondents, 47% correctly identified ringworm and 63% misattributed erythema migrans as ringworm; 17% said they would try an over-the-counter corticosteroid cream for suspected dermatophytosis, a practice more frequently reported among respondents who were non-Hispanic Black (29% vs. 11%), Hispanic/Latino (10% vs. 8%), and non-Hispanic multiracial (16% vs. 11%) (p = 0.009) and who had a high school education or less (45% vs. 27%, p = 0.032). Our study emphasizes the challenges of visually diagnosing dermatophytosis and the importance of early healthcare evaluation to ensure accurate diagnosis and proper treatment.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Tinea
  • Female
  • Child
  • Mothers
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Child, Preschool
  More +
• Keywords:
  • child health
  • corticosteroids
  • dermatophytosis
  • fungal drug resistance
  • surveys and questionnaires
• Source:
  Pediatric Dermatology, 2026, v. 43, no. 3
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.70128
• ISSN:
  0736-8046 ; 1525-1470
• Pubmed ID:
  41575253
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12958439
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  672-675 (7 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  43
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/260829/cdc_260829_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 69.57 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:58229ba47bab2613406b8ce7d2d1b41502f37095ae104e0cd37055b7222d22aa82e1b593f24e3416122cdb48f34250d9aef06295b00ba0980481c9cea2062704