| fungal infections of the scalp in western australia. | between 1963 and 1972, 1,212 fungi were isolated from patients with tinea capitis (ringworm of the scalp) in western australia. the clinical diagnosis was confirmed by microscopic examination examination and/or culture of hairs, scale or pus. microsporum canis, a zoophilic fungus, was found to be the most common agent of tinea capitis in western australia, causing 1,100 infections and accounting for 90.8% of the total isolates. the highest incidence of m. canis infections occurred in children be ... | 1980 | 7434132 |