Mycological examination of the hair samples of 11 school-going Nepalese children suspected of tinea capitis

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作者：

Basnet, SB

Basnet, NB

Hiruma, M

Inaba, Y

Makimura, K

Kawada, A

机构：

[1] Juntendo Univ, Sch Med, Dept Dermatol, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138421, Japan

[2] Juntendo Univ, Sch Med, Dept Epidemiol & Environm Hlth, Tokyo 1138421, Japan

[3] Univ Tokyo, Dept Pediat, Tokyo, Japan

[4] Teikyo Univ, Inst Med Mycol, Tokyo 173, Japan

[5] Kinki Univ, Sch Med, Dept Dermatol, Osaka 589, Japan

来源：

MYCOSES | 2000年 / 43卷 / 1-2期

关键词：

Trichophyton violaceum; tinea capitis; hair samples; children; Nepal;

D O I：

暂无

中图分类号：

R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];

学科分类号：

100206 ;

摘要：

Among 150 students from a semiurban school in Kathmandu (Nepal), 30 from various age groups and both sexes with symptoms suggestive of scalp ringworm, were examined clinically. Hair samples were collected for mycological examination, using the hair brush method, from 11 of the 30 children (36.7%), aged between 5 and 14 years, who were clinically diagnosed. Four of the cultured samples were positive for isolates of Trichophyton violaceum. This minor study provides evidence that tinea capitis might constitute a substantial infectious dermatological problem in Nepal. The study also indicated T. violaceum as the causative organism of tinea capitis.

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页数：4