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A survey of the pathogenic fungi of mycotic infection of the scalp in U.A.R.

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121 cases diagnosed clinically as tinea capitis were examined microscopically and culturally. In 80 cases the causative organism could be cultured.T. violaceum was the causative organism of the majority of the cases as it caused 47.5 % of the cases,T. schoenleinii 31.3 %,M. canis caused 26.1 %,T. tonsurans 1.3 %, whileM. audouinii caused none. In most of the cases ofT. violaceum infection, scaling and mild inflammation were the common clinical manifestation. The black dot or the bald patch appearance was rarely seen. Favus did not necessarily show the characteristic scutulae; in many cases ofT. schoenleinii infection, only few scales and mild inflammation were present.

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El Mofty, A.M., Jeffries, C.D. & El Komy, H.M. A survey of the pathogenic fungi of mycotic infection of the scalp in U.A.R.. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 34, 61–64 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02050846

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