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Etiology of tinea capitis in Athens, Greece -- a 6-year (1996-2001) retrospective study
E Frangoulis1, B Athanasopoulou, A Katsambas
1Mycology laboratory, Hospital of Skin and Venereal Diseases A. Sygros, Athens, Greece. csfrang@otenet.gr
Abstract:
A total of 577 patients with tinea capitis have been diagnosed at the Mycology laboratory of 'A. Sygros' Hospital of Skin and Venereal Diseases, Athens, Greece between 1996 and 2001. From these patients, 100 were immigrants from Balkan, Near East and African countries. The vast majority of the patients (95%) were children, mainly at preschool and school age and only 5% were adults. Zoophilic dermatophytes accounted for 86.5% followed by anthropophilic (12.4%) and geophilic (1.2%) dermatophytes. The majority of anthropophilic infections (59.5%) were recorded in the sub-population of immigrants. Microsporum canis (84.5%) was the main etiologic agent.
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