title: Tinea capitis in Botswana.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tinea capitis (TC) is a common dermatophyte infection of the scalp that can also involve the eyebrows and eyelashes.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to find the causative fungus responsible for TC in Botswana and determine its association with the clinical types of TC.
  
  
  METHODS
  Samples for potassium hydroxide 10% mounts and fungal cultures were collected in a microbiology laboratory at the National Health Laboratory, Gaborone, Botswana. Dermasel agar and Sabouraud dextrose agar were inoculated with the samples. Lactophenol cotton blue mounts were prepared from the culture-positive samples to study the morphological characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Trichophyton violaceum was found to be the predominant causative organism of TC. Trichophyton tonsurans was isolated from one patient. Both are anthropophilic species.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TC was found to be most common in those aged 1-15 years (81%). Of 17 patients in this age group, 16 were younger than 10 years old and one was 14 years old. T. violaceum was the most common dermatophyte species isolated.
authors: Department of Microbiology, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar, India.
authors: Rameshwari
authors: R
authors: Thakur
keywords: Trichophyton tonsurans; Trichophyton violaceum; Trichophyton violaceum white variant; dermatophyte
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