Publications

[epidemiology of tinea of the scalp in togo].	in 1985, 374 children of primary schools in north and south togo were examined and sample of hair were collected on all children with small sterile squares of carpet. 11% of the children in the north (dry and urban area) and 20% in the south (wet and rural area) had obvious clinical lesions. two species of dermatophytes were isolated: microsporum langeronii and trichophyton soudanense; this second dermatophyte being uncommon in the south. moreover, 15% of the children of the north and 42% of the ...	1988	3180319
[tinea capitis and corporis caused by trichophyton soudanense in an immigrant family from africa].	several weeks before coming to germany the two daughters (aged 3 and 6 years) of a family from togo had developed desquamating skin changes over the hairy scalp. these had then spread to the trunk and limbs. the 8-weeks-old son also had discrete lesions on the hairy scalp and neck. in all of them these lesions had then spread and begun to itch markedly. when first seen as out-patients the father was free of symptoms, but the other members of the family had multiple, sharply circumscribed, partly ...	1999	10365177