Publications

nonfluorescent tinea capitis in charleston, sc. a diagnostic problem.	statistics gathered at the medical university of south carolina from 1973 to 1978 indicate a dramatic change in the etiologic agents of tinea capitis in charleston since the 1950s. the preponderant agent is now trichophyton tonsurans, which produces lesions that are not fluorescent in a wood's lamp examination (long-wave ultraviolet). trichophyton tonsurans caused 90.6% of 265 culture-proved cases of tinea capitis in the 1970s, but in the 1950s it was responsible for only 1.6% of 378 cases. the ...	1979	480604
a survey of dermatophytes isolated from human patients in the united states from 1993 to 1995.	a survey of dermatophytes, isolated from human patients seeking medical attention, was conducted for the years 1993 to 1995. data were collected from 23 states throughout the continental united states and the district of columbia and from 44 to 45 laboratories. these data were compared with the results of two earlier surveys (1979 to 1981 and 1985 to 1987). in contrast to the earlier surveys trichophyton tonsurans became the most frequently isolated dermatophyte (44.9%) followed by t. rubrum (41 ...	1998	9704838