Prevalence of Tinea capitis in school going children from Mathare, informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Prevalence of Tinea Capitis in school going children from
11 Background: Tinea capitis is a common infection especially in poor resource settings. This 12 study was aimed at determining the prevalence Tinea capitis in children from selected schools 13 from an urban slum in Nairobi city of Kenya. 14 Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 150 school going children during the period 15 between May and September 2013. A questionnaire was admi...
متن کاملPrevalence of tinea pedis, tinea unguium of toenails and tinea capitis in school children from Barcelona.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence of tinea capitis, tinea pedis, and tinea unguium in children from several schools of Barcelona city. METHODS During the period of 2003-2004, a prospective cross-sectional study was carried out in 1,305 children (9% immigrant population) between the ages 3 and 15 in 17 schools in Barcelona. A systematic examination of the feet, (including nails and scalp), ...
متن کاملPrevalence and risk factors of tinea capitis and tinea pedis in school children in Turkey.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of tinea capitis and tinea pedis in school children in Turkey. METHODS The study included 8122 students from 24 schools in the rural and urban areas around Kayseri,Turkey. We asked every student for their personal identification and also for their sanitation in order to get an idea about dermatophytosis. Samples taken from suspicious lesio...
متن کاملA Study on Tinea Capitis in the Pre School and School Going Children
Introduction: Tinea capitis is a superficial fungal infection of scalp and hair caused by various species of dermatophytes. The incidence of Tinea capitis varies from country to country and region to region. Material and Methods: Fifty patients from the preschool going population were selected for the study. Results and Discussion: Clinical presentation of disease revealed that black dot to be ...
متن کاملGenetic Diversity of Cryptosporidium in Children in an Urban Informal Settlement of Nairobi, Kenya
INTRODUCTION Globally Cryptosporidium and Giardia species are the most common non-bacterial causes of diarrhoea in children and HIV infected individuals, yet data on their role in paediatric diarrhoea in Kenya remains scant. This study investigated the occurrence of Cryptosporidium species, genotypes and subtypes in children, both hospitalized and living in an informal settlement in Nairobi. ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMC Research Notes
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1756-0500
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1240-7