| asymptomatic dermatophyte scalp carriage in school children in adana, turkey. | the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of asymptomatic dermatophyte scalp carriage and symptomatic tinea capitis in adana province, cukurova region, turkey. for this purpose, a screening study was performed in five schools, between january 2004 and may 2005, covering a total of 5143 children with 2740 (53.3%) boys and 2403 (46.7%) girls, aged 7-14 years (9.6 +/- 2.0). the diagnosis was made using the cotton swab method with inoculation onto sabouraud glucose agar amended with cycl ... | 2007 | 17305777 |
| epidemiology of tinea capitis in ceyhan district, adana in cukurova region, turkey. | this study was conducted on the primary school students in ceyhan district of adana, turkey between may and june 2002 to determine the clinical form, causative agents and prevalence of tinea capitis. a total of 9576 students, with a male-to-female ratio of 50.6-49.4% were screened in 24 primary schools. tinea capitis superficialis was diagnosed in seven cases, and kerion celsi in one. among eight cases, there were seven boys and one girl. trichophyton violaceum was the most frequent causative ag ... | 2006 | 16784454 |