[49 cases of tinea of the scalp observed in a tropical disease clinic in Paris].
Tinea capitis among school children population is still a public health problem. We described 49 cases of tinea capitis that have been diagnosed at the out patient clinic of Claude-Bernard Hospital, Paris. 44 of them were recently immigrated african children. 4 of them were children born in France from african parents. One case occurred on a caucasian girl, who never left metropolitan France. The pathologenic agent that heve been identified were: T. soudanense, M. audouinii var. Langeronii, T. schoenleinii and M. canis. The result of treatment with ketoconazole or griseofulvine are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006118:Griseofulvin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D010297:Paris; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology
D006118:Griseofulvin; D007654:Ketoconazole
A propos de quarante-neuf cas de teignes du cuir chevelu, observés a Paris dans une consultation de médecine tropicale.