title: Tinea capitis in Diyarbakir, Turkey.
abstract: The incidence and types of tinea capitis in 234 children aged 1-12 referred to our laboratory with a preliminary diagnosis of tinea capitis infection in the past 5 years were investigated. Tinea capitis was determined in 149 (63.7%) of these patients, of which agents grew in culture in 124 (83.2%). The most frequently isolated agents, in order of frequency, are as follows: Trichophyton violaceum (43.6%), Microsporum canis (37.9%), T. mentagrophytes (8.1%) and T. verrucosum (4.8%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University Dicle, Diyarbakir, Turkey. nakpolat@dicle.edu.tr
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Akpolat
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akdeniz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atmaca
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozekinci
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008864:Microsporum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology