Artigo
Incidence of Tinea capitis in São Paulo, Brazil
Fecha
2006-08-01Registro en:
Mycopathologia. Dordrecht: Springer, v. 162, n. 2, p. 91-95, 2006.
0301-486X
10.1007/s11046-006-0031-z
WOS:000239591100003
Autor
Moraes, M. S.
Godoy-Martinez, P.
Alchorne, M. M. A.
Boatto, H. F.
Fischman, O.
Institución
Resumen
To determine the incidence of tinea capitis in São Paulo, Brazil, an investigation was performed in Private and Public Pediatrics Service involving 4,500 children from 0 to 15 years old during 5 years (1996-2000). Samples were taken from 132 children with suspected fungal infection of the scalp, for direct microscopy and culture. Tinea of scalp was mycologically confirmed in 112 patients (85%). Males were more affected than females in all age groups. Children below 8 years old accounted for more than 75% of the occurrences. Only three cases of tinea capitis were diagnosed in children from 12 to 15 years of age. Tinea capitis was prevalent in 103 cases (91.96%); inflammatory kerion type lesions were diagnosed in 9 patients (8.04%). Microsporum canis (70.5%) and Trichophyton tonsurans (23.2%) were the most common agents followed by T. mentagrophytes (3.6%), M. gypseum (1.8%) and T. rubrum (0.9%).