title: [An outbreak of tinea capitis in a child care center].
abstract: We describe an outbreak of tinea capitis in a kindergarten. Individuals with relation to the institution were examined clinically and mycologically (n = 98). Microsporum audouinii was cultured from 12 people, out of whom eight patients had tinea capitis and seven patients had tinea corporis. Three patients had both tinea capitis and tinea corporis. The problems with spread of anthropophilic infections and the difficulties with treatment of Microsporum dermatophytes are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologisk afdeling, Amtssygehuset i Gentofte. mhaedersdal@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: Merete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haedersdal
authors.forename: Jørgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stenderup
authors.forename: Bente
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Møller
authors.forename: Tove
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Agner
authors.forename: Else Lyngsøe
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Svejgaard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission