Tinea capitis in Van, Turkey

• Published in: Mycoses Vol. 45; no. 11-12; pp. 492 - 495
• Main Authors: Metin, A., Subaşi, Ş., Bozkurt, H., Çalka, Ömer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Germany Blackwell Verlag GmbH 01.12.2002; Blackwell
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; children; Epidemiologie; epidemiology; Female; Human mycoses; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infectious diseases; Kinder; Male; Medical sciences; Mycoses; Mycoses of the skin; Sex Distribution; Tinea capitis; Tinea Capitis - epidemiology; Tinea Capitis - microbiology; Trichophyton - classification; Trichophyton - isolation & purification; Turkey; Turkey - epidemiology; Türkei; Asia; Turkey; Human; Prevalence; Mycosis; Trichophyton; Etiopathogenesis; Tinea capitis; Fungi; Infection; Ring worm; epidemiology; Turkey; Scalp; children; Rural area; Fungi Imperfecti; Diagnosis; Child; Thallophyta
• ISSN: 0933-7407; 1439-0507
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2002.00802.x

Forty patients with an average age of 6.5 ± 3.2 years (28 male 12 female) who applied to the YYU Medical Faculty Dermatology Department outpatient clinic were investigated. Tinea capitis profunda was determined as the most frequent clinical type. The isolated dermatophytic flora of the patients consisted of Trichophyton verrucosum (43%), T. violaceum (30%), T. rubrum (23%) and T. mentagrophytes (3%). The patients with tinea capitis profunda were mostly from rural areas. Zusammenfassung.  Haar‐ und Hautproben von 40 ambulanten Patienten unserer Poliklinik wurden untersucht. Das Durchschnittsalter lag bei 6.5 ± 3.2 Jahren. Die Mehrheit der Patienten waren männlich. Tinea profunda war am häufigsten zu beobachten. In absteigender Häufigkeit wurden Trichophyton verrucosum (43%), T. violaceum (30%), T. rubrum (23%) und T. mentagrophytes (3%) isoliert. Patienten mit T. verrucosum als Erreger kamen vor allem aus ländlichen Gebieten.