Background: The incidence and causative dermatophytes of tinea capitis has been changed with time.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical and mycological features of tinea capitis in Taegu.
Methods: We evaluated the cli...
Background: The incidence and causative dermatophytes of tinea capitis has been changed with time.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical and mycological features of tinea capitis in Taegu.
Methods: We evaluated the clinical and mycologic aspects of tinea capitis in 39 patients registered in Yeungnam University Hospital from January 1981 to June 1998.
Results and Conclusion: The incidence of tinea capitis was 1.3% of 3,077 total dermatophytoses. The ratio of male to female patients was 1.6:1. Although most of the patients were children under the age of If, adult patients with tinea capitis were 23.1% of the cases. Frontal scalp was the most frequent site of tinea capitis. The most common causative organism of tinea capitis was Microsporum canis. Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton verrucosum were isolated, also.