title: Tinea pedis in prepubertal children: does it occur?
abstract: Fifteen children who had foot dermatitis were evaluated by examinations with potassium hydroxide and fungal cultures. In eight cases dermatophyte infection was identified. Tinea pedis in prepubertal children is more common than previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Kearse
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006878:Hydroxides; D008297:Male; D011188:Potassium; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D014008:Tinea Pedis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D006878:Hydroxides; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D011188:Potassium; C029943:potassium hydroxide