| 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 |
| zoophilic dermatophytes and their natural hosts in western australia. | zoophilic dermatophytes were a common source of both human and animal ringworm infections in western australia. microsporum canis was the chief aetiologic agent of infections in kittens and children. trichophyton mentagrophytes was isolated from domestic pets, farm animals, laboratory animals and wild animals as well as humans. t. verrucosum was a less frequent cause of infection in both man and animals. other zoophilic species isolated included m. gypseum, m. nanum and t. equinum var. autotroph ... | 1980 | 7207348 |