title: An epidemiological survey of tinea capitis in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina over a 10-year period.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and aetiological agents of tinea capitis in Sarajevo area, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during a 10-year period (1997-2006). A total of 707 patients with suspected dermatophyte infections of scalp was analysed. Tinea capitis was determined in 241 (34.1%) of these patients, in whom causative agents were identified in 209 (29.6%). Zoophilic dermatophytes (91.8%) prevailed over anthropophilic (7.2%) and geophilic (1.0%) dermatophytes. Microsporum canis was the most frequent dermatophyte isolated (90.4%), followed by Trichophyton schoenleinii (2.4%) and Trichophyton violaceum (1.9%). The majority of infections occurred in males (56.5%) and in children with age less than 10 years (52.6%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Clinical Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. asjaprohic@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Asja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prohic
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000818:Animals; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008864:Microsporum / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology