BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Tinea capitis is a common infection of the scalp and hair shaft caused by dermatophyte fungi that mainly affects prepubescent children. Systemic therapy is required for treatment and to prevent spread. The aim of present study was to assess the effect of terbinafine for Tinea capitis treatment in children. METHODS Thirty Iranian pediatric patients with a clinical dia...

BACKGROUND Tinea capitis affects mainly children. The frequency and causative organism vary from region to region. OBJECTIVES To provide epidemiological and mycological data on tinea capitis collected in urban and rural areas of the Dominican Republic. METHODS Samples were obtained from 118 patients with tinea capitis. Sixty-three of these were from 2 schools in urban areas of the Dominican...

Dermatophytes are Fungi which infect keratinized tissues, that is, skin epidermis, hair and nails. Trichophyton violaceum is an anthropophilic, cosmopolitan dermatophyte. It primarily causes tinea capitis and less commonly tinea corporis and tinea unguium. We present a report of two cases of tinea corporis due to T. violaceum in children. Infections due to T. violaceum are important because of ...

Prevalence of dermatophytosis, with respect to age and sex and dermatophyte species, in Jaen was investigated during a period of three years (1996-1999). The prevalence of dermatophytosis over three years was 4.48 cases / 1000 inhabitants. The isolated species were: Microsporum canis (48.6%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes (27.1%), Epidermophyton floccosum (10%), Trichophyton rubrum (8.6%), Tricho...

background and purpose: tinea capitis and tinea unguium are regarded as global public health concerns. the purpose of the present study was to identify the etiological agents of tinea capitis and tinea unguium in patients, referring to the central laboratory of yazd university of medical sciences, yazd, iran. materials and methods: this study was conducted during 2014-2015. skin scraping, scalp...

Background: Superficial fungal infections of skin are very common in rural areas of Bangladesh. The prevalence and characteristics of superficial fungal infections (SFIs) vary with age, sex, climatic conditions, lifestyle, and population migration patterns. There is no study in Bangladesh to determine the prevalence and pattern of superficial fungal infection. This study was undertaken to deter...

Sir, Tinea capitis occurs worldwide. It is primarily a disease of childhood but in most cases oral therapy is necessary (1). Currently, triazoles and allylamines are increasingly applied in addition to the well-known antimycotics ketoconazole and griseofulvin (2 ^ 4). Terbina¢n is the ¢rst oral active allylamine, and although it has been available for several years experience in children is lim...

The species of dermatophyte fungi causing tinea capitis vary from country to country and may also change with time. This study was done to identify the predominant organisms causing tinea capitis in the Jamaican population. It was a retrospective study looking at all fungal culture requests to the Microbiology Department at the University Hospital of the West Indies during the period January 1,...

OBJECTIVE To determine the epidemiology of dermatophytosis in Palestinian patients, detect changes in the etiological agents during the last three decades, and to correlate between concomitant tinea pedis infections, and other cutaneous lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS 220 suspected dermatophytosis patients were involved in this study. In an additional 38 cases, where consultation was prompted ...

from 687 patients referred to the medical mycology depatment of the school of public health, 184 cases showed tinea capitis infection, direct microscopy and culture was positive in 86.2% and 75.29% of the cases respectively. from the positive cultures 5 different dermatophtes were identified as: microsporum canis, trichophyton violaceum, trichophyton verrucosum, trichophyton schoenleinii, trich...