| [a case of black dot ringworm caused by trichophyton tonsurans in chiba prefecture]. | a 74-year-old woman visited a clinic in kisarazu, chiba prefecture in december 2002 complaining of itching, scale and alopecia. she had been diagnosed as having tinea capitis by a direct microscopic examination of scales, and been treated with an antifungal cream and steroid lotion since 1999. the bald area spread from frontal to occipital in which multiple black dots and red papules were scattered. abundant endothrix spores were observed in the hair shaft. a mycelial colony was isolated from th ... | 2005 | 16282970 |