ArticleClinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology2013
Tinea capitis in Botswana.
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- Retrospective Analysis of Tinea Capitis in Xinjiang, China.Mycopathologia · 2023Article
- Predominance ofCurrent medical mycology · 2023Article
- Determining the burden of fungal infections in Zimbabwe.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- [Trichophyton violaceum : Main cause of tinea capitis in children at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2016Review
- Tinea Capitis: Mixed or Consecutive Infection with White and Violet Strains of Trichophyton violaceum: A Diagnostic or Therapeutic Challenge.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2015Article
- Spectrum of dermatophyte infections in Botswana.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundTinea capitis (TC) is a common dermatophyte infection of the scalp that can also involve the eyebrows and eyelashes.
aimThis study aimed to find the causative fungus responsible for TC in Botswana and determine its association with the clinical types of TC.
methodsSamples 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.
resultsTrichophyton violaceum was found to be the predominant causative organism of TC. Trichophyton tonsurans was isolated from one patient. Both are anthropophilic species.
conclusionTC 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.
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