Dermatophytic infection of the scalp in the region of Butare (Rwanda).
We examined samples of hairs taken from 60 children presenting with the clinical picture of tinea capitis. In 53 cases, direct microscopic examination showed either ectothrix or endothrix parasitism, and we were able to grow the causative dermatophyte. We had 34 strains of Trichophyton violaceum, 19 of Microsporom langeroni, and two of Trichophyton verrucosum. The latter is found for the first time in this region to be a cause of ringworm in humans.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology