Clinical Application of Toothbrush Technique for Specimen Collection of Tinea Capitis

[Tinea capitis].

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Tinea corporis and tinea capitis.

Tinea capitis: current concepts in clinical practice.

Tinea capitis is a common infection, particularly among young children in urban regions. The infection often is seen in a form with mild scaling and little hair loss, a result of the prominence of Trichophyton tonsurans (the most frequent cause of tinea capitis in the United States). T. tonsurans does not fluoresce under Wood light, unlike the common tinea capitis-causing fungal organisms seen ...

Comma hairs in tinea capitis: a useful dermatoscopic sign for diagnosis of tinea capitis.

Diagnosis of tinea capitis (TC) can be challenging for dermatologists, especially in noninflammatory TC caused by anthropophilic dermatophytes and in black patients, in whom erythema of the scalp is difficult to appreciate. The finding of a typical TC dermoscopic pattern may lead more quickly to a correct diagnosis.

Misdiagnosis of tinea capitis: a case report

Introduction: Tinea capitis is the most common skin infection on the scalp and an uncommon dermatophytosis in adults. Its clinical appearance varies greatly depending on the causative organism, the type of hair involvement and the extent of the patient inflammatory response. Its common features are fragmented hair loss with varying degrees of scaling and erythema. However, if the clinical sympt...