Tinea capitis in the New York City area

Tinea Capitis in The Netherlands (Rotterdam Area)

“…This study shows that, of the foreign children, the Moroccans are at-risk, possibly because the Moroccan community tends to isolate itself more from the Dutch culture than other ethnic minorities. Like Ravits (15), we found no differences between the sexes (15). Oral griseofulvin, 10-20 mg/kg/day, to be ingested with whole milk during 6 weeks is still the treatment of choice for scalp ringworm (16).…”

Trichophyton tonsuranstinea capitis in the San Francisco Bay area: increased infection demonstrated in a 20-year survey of fungal infections from 1974 to 1994

“…The condition is seen most in African-American children [6,7], but comparison census data from 1980 to 1990 actually demonstrates a 1.5% decrease in the number of African-Americans living in San Francisco [8,9]. The number of patient visits at the paediatric dermatology clinic at SFGH during the time period described remained relatively stable.…”

Tinea Capitis Caused by Trichophyton tonsurans

“…T. tonsurans can be spread from mother to child within the earliest days of the latter's life. 4. When the diagnosis of tinea capitis is made in children (or adults), these patients should be followed for fungal infections at regular intervals for years.…”

“…Tinea capitis caused by T. tonsurans may occur as or mimic seborrheic dermatitis or dandruff, recurrent fotliculitis of the scalp, cicatriciai alopecia, psoriasis, id reactions including erythema nodosum, kerion, Majocchi's granuloma (which may resemble the Hoffmann type of perifoUiculitis abscedens or folliculitis decalvans), and lupus erythematosus (4,(9)(10)(11). Useful clues in the search for possible endothrix tinea capitis include (1) the noninflammatory nature of the scalp lesions, (2) typical black-dot appearance of the scalp, (3) negative reaction of trichophyton skin tests, and (4) involvement of the adult scalp (12).…”