1. Tinea capitis among children of Ethiopian immigrants.
- Author
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Wolf R, Krakowski A, Alteras I, and Vardy PA
- Subjects
- Child, Emigration and Immigration, Ethiopia ethnology, Female, Humans, Israel, Male, Tinea Capitis microbiology, Tinea Capitis epidemiology
- Abstract
The incidence, clinical appearance and causative agent of tinea capitis among children of Ethiopian immigrants, was studied. Out of 124 children examined, 36 had scalp lesions and 32 cases were confirmed as scalp-ringworm on direct microscopy. Culture showed the dermatophyte to be Trichophyton violaceum. The clinical presentation, resembling seborrheic dermatitis, without clinically apparent hair invasion, was atypical.
- Published
- 1986
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