title: Tinea capitis in Pondicherry (South India).
abstract: Amongst 125 cases of tinea capitis, representing 12-5% of dermatomycosis, about 9% showed kerion-like lesions and 13% had tinea corporis and/or tinea unguium. Eighty four percent cases were mycologically positive, yielding Trichophyton violaceum (84%) or T. tonsurans (16%).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009262:Nails / Q000382:microbiology; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology; D013492:Suppuration / Q000382:microbiology; D014005:Tinea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification