| prevalence of scalp scaling in prepubertal children. | to determine the prevalence and most common etiologies of scalp scaling in infants and prepubertal children and the specificity of head and neck lymphadenopathy for the diagnosis of tinea capitis associated with scalp scaling. | 2005 | 15629960 |
| trichophyton tonsurans infection of the scalp. | of 484 cases of ringworm of the scalp observed in a period of two and a half years at a clinic in los angeles, 57 (11.78 per cent) were caused by trichophyton tonsurans, an organism previously considered an infrequent cause of tinea capitis in the united states. the hairs at the site of infection with this organism are distinctively fluorescent when viewed under a wood light-glowing white rather than green as do hairs infected with microsporum. endothrix spore formation may be noted in microscop ... | 1952 | 14925831 |
| tinea capitis due to trichophyton tonsurans; incidence, diagnosis and epidemiology in the san francisco bay region. | eighty-five cases of tinea capitis due to t. tonsurans were observed in the san francisco bay area during the five years 1950-54. this disease, unlike the common microsporum infections, sometimes affects adults and adolescents. hairs infected with t. tonsurans do not fluoresce under the wood's light. diagnosis is a laboratory procedure in which the fungus is isolated from the hair. there are three clinical varieties of the disease. the course is prolonged and treatment is unsatisfactory. the dis ... | 1955 | 13260935 |
| trichophyton tonsurans tinea capitis in the san francisco bay area: increased infection demonstrated in a 20-year survey of fungal infections from 1974 to 1994. | tinea capitis caused by trichophyton tonsurans has been increasing in the united states for the past 25 years. a retrospective study of dermatophyte culture data at the university of california, san francisco, and a parallel study of patient visits for tinea capitis at an affiliated hospital demonstrates a dramatic rise in trichophyton tonsurans tinea capitis in the san francisco bay area. | 1996 | 8873889 |
| epidemiologic trends in pediatric tinea capitis: a population-based study from kaiser permanente northern california. | epidemic levels of tinea capitis (tc) have previously been reported in children. | 2013 | 24094452 |
| incidence of dermatophytes in the san francisco bay area. | a total of 1,101 patients was studied for the incidence and distribution of dermatophytes in the san francisco bay area from 1974 to 1978. 267 dermatophytes were isolated and identified. trichophyton rubrum and trichophyton tonsurans were the most prevalent dermatophytes. t. rubrum caused 83% of tinea pedis, 82% of tinea unguium, 80% of tinea manuum and 66% of tinea cruris. t. tonsurans was the major cause of tinea capitis (60%) followed by microsporum canis. microsporum audouinii was not encoun ... | 1980 | 7398991 |