| tinea capitis in pondicherry (south india). | amongst 125 cases of tinea capitis, representing 12-5% of dermatomycosis, about 9% showed kerion-like lesions and 13% had tinea corporis and/or tinea unguium. eighty four percent cases were mycologically positive, yielding trichophyton violaceum (84%) or t. tonsurans (16%). | 1975 | 123659 |