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ReviewDer Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete2016

[Trichophyton violaceum : Main cause of tinea capitis in children at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda].

C Wiegand, P Mugisha, G K Mulyowa, P Elsner, U C Hipler, Y Gräser, S Uhrlaß, P Nenoff

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Review in Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. [Trichophyton mentagrophytes-from snow leopard to man : A molecular approach for uncovering the chain of infection].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2018
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  5. [Tinea capitis and onychomycosis due to Trichophyton soudanense : Successful treatment with fluconazole-literature review].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

C WiegandKlinik für Hautkrankheiten, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Erfurter Str. 35, 07740, Jena, Deutschland. C.Wiegand@med.uni-jena.de.
P MugishaKlinik für Hautkrankheiten, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Erfurter Str. 35, 07740, Jena, Deutschland.
G K MulyowaDept. of Dermatology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
P ElsnerKlinik für Hautkrankheiten, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Erfurter Str. 35, 07740, Jena, Deutschland.
U C HiplerKlinik für Hautkrankheiten, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Erfurter Str. 35, 07740, Jena, Deutschland.
Y GräserKonsiliarlabor für Dermatophyten, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universitätsmedizin Berlin-Charité, Berlin, Deutschland.
S UhrlaßLabor für medizinische Mikrobiologie, Mölbis, Deutschland.
P NenoffLabor für medizinische Mikrobiologie, Mölbis, Deutschland.
Klinik und Poliklinik für Hautkrankheiten · DEMbarara University of Science and Technology · UGCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEJena University Hospital · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTinea capitis is caused by anthropophilic, zoophilic or geophilic dermatophytes of the genera Microsporum or Trichophyton.

objectiveThe aim of this study was to analyze the clinical presentation of tinea capitis among children in western Uganda. PATIENTS AND

methodsFrom February to June 2012, skin and hair samples were obtained from 115 patients aged from 1 to 16 years presenting at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MUSC) with clinically suspected tinea capitis. Conventional mycological diagnostics comprised Blancophor preparation and cultivation of fungi for species identification.

resultsTinea capitis among the children included in the MUSC study was mainly noninflammatory showing mostly a seborrhoeic pattern or "black dot" and "gray patch" form and highly inflammatory kerion celsi. Blancophor preparation identified 82.6 % positive and 17.4 % negative samples. Cultural species differentiation showed Trichophyton (T.) violaceum as the causative agent for tinea capitis in 56.6 % of the patients. In 13 %, Microsporum (M.) audouinii was isolated followed by T. soudanense (2.6 %), and T. rubrum (1.7 %). In addition, moulds (contamination?) such as Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Aspergillus niger, and Fusarium oxysporum were found as well as mixed infections.

conclusionThe anthropophilic dermatophyte T. violaceum represents the most frequent cause of tinea capitis in western Uganda. For successful management oral antifungal therapy is necessary together with supportive topical treatment.

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AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHospitals, CommunityHumansIncidenceInfantMalePrevalenceReferral and ConsultationRisk FactorsSpecies SpecificityTineaTinea CapitisTreatment OutcomeDermatophytesFungiKerion celsiMicrosporum audouiniiTherapy

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