The authors report a case (in Itajai, Santa Catarina State, Brazil) of tinea nigra in a 4-year-old female child which spontaneously healed. We discuss the clinical and epidemiological aspects of the mycosis and this rare case of spontaneous healing.

ringworm in 1874, but he considered the fungus to be identical with that of the European ringworm. Manson (1879?82) in China was the first to describe the disease in any detail and he gave it the name tinea imbricata; he considered the fungus a non-cultivable Trichophyton, to which Blanchard gave the name Trichophyton concentricum. Castellani in Ceylon (1910-11) was the first to cultivate the f...

2260 (1755 male and 505 female) preschool and school children of chabahar were studied for tinea capitis and pediculosis of the scalp. 42 cases were found positive in direct examination, 41cases endothrix being only one case; was ectothrix. trixhophyton violaceun was isolated from 40 cases and 4 of those were microscopically negative for fungal elements. totally, 46 cases of tinea capitis with ...

Dermatophytosis are superficial mycoses caused by fungi that can invade stratum corneum and keratinized tissues. In order to study the frequency of dermatophytes species and the clinical manifestations caused by these fungi, in São Paulo, SP, Brazil, the authors analyzed cultures isolated at the Mycology Laboratory from a selected population (15,300 out-patients of the Hospital das Clínicas, De...

INTRODUCTION Various dermatoses, due to their morbidity characteristics, have been shown to negatively impact on learning. The most epidemiologically important seem to be the infectious types because of their transmissibility and amenability to simple school-health measures. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and sex/age correlates of infectious dermatoses in a rural South-easte...

BACKGROUND Few scientific studies have evaluated dermatophytosis among children in the state of Amazonas or in the greater northern region of Brazil. AIMS The aim of this study was to research the frequency and aetiology of dermatophytosis in children age 12 and under, who were seen between March 1996 and November 2005 at the Mycology Laboratory of the National Institute of Amazonian Research...