TINEA-CAPITIS IN CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT OF CAGLIARI, ITALY

Authors
ASTE N PAU R BIGGIO P
Citation
N. Aste et al., TINEA-CAPITIS IN CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT OF CAGLIARI, ITALY, Mycoses, 40(5-6), 1997, pp. 231-233
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Mycology
Journal title
Mycoses → ACNP
ISSN journal
09337407
Volume
40
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
231 - 233
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(1997)40:5-6<231:TICITD>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Between 1986 and 1995, 4104 children were observed in the Clinic of De rmatology in Cagliari, Italy. Three hundred and thirty-six children (8 .2%), 188 boys and 148 girls, aged 1 month to 13 years, were affected by tinea capitis. Microsporum canis was detected in 278 cases (82.7%) and Trichophyton mentagrophytes in 58 cases (17.3%). Systemic treatmen t with 20-25 mg kg(-1) day(-1) griseofulvin led to complete recovery i n 30-40 days. None of the patients relapsed. The epidemiology of the i nfection was analysed according to age, sex and seasonal progression. Microsporum canis was the preponderant aetiological agent of tinea cap itis in children in the district of Cagliari, Italy.