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The aetiological agents of tinea capitis in Zaragoza (Spain)
C Rubio-Calvo1, J Gil-Tomas, A Rezusta-Lopez
1Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Zaragoza, Domingo Miral, E-50009, Zaragoza, Spain. mcrubio@posta.unizar.es
Mycoses
|June 12, 2001
Abstract:
Between 1977 and 1997, 190 cases of tinea capitis were observed. The age groups most commonly infected were 1-10 years old. The following dermatophytes were isolated: Microsporum canis (119), Trichophyton mentagrophytes (57), Trichophyton tonsurans (seven), Trichophyton verrucosum (three), Trichophyton violaceum (one), Trichophyton schoenleinii (one), Trichophyton soudanense (one) and Microsporum audouinii (one).