| tinea capitis in trinidad. | characteristics of clinically diagnosed cases of tinea capitis from trinidad are described. tinea capitis comprised 29.5% of all dermatophytoses seen at one general hospital out-patient dermatology clinic during a one-year period. males were more often affected than females and there was a predominance of patients of african descent. among the dermatophytes cultured trichophyton tonsurans was the most prevalent (52.9%), followed by microsporum canis (20.0%) and m. audouinii (18.6%). less frequen ... | 1993 | 8254711 |