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Dear Editor, Tinea capitis (scalp tinea) is a fungal infection of the skin and scalp hairs by dermatophyte fungi. These keratinophilic fungi have an ecologic predilection regarding their adaptation to the environment and can be divided into three large groups according to their habitat: geophilic, zoophilic and anthropophilic.1 Geophilic fungi have Microsporum gypseum as their representative, and zoophilic fungi have Microsporum canis and Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. mentagrophytes.2 These two fungal groups are considered “not adapted to human beings”. The “adapted” fungi are at the top of the fungal phylogenetic scale evolution: they are dermatophytes capable of being a parasite to humans, known as anthropophilic fungi. Examples of this group are Epidermophyton floccosum, Trichophyton tonsurans, Trichophyton schoenleinii, Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitalis and Trichophyton rubrum.1,2 The clinical manifestations of tinea capitis can be divided into alopecic and inflammatory.1 Alopecic tineas are represented by areas of alopecia, usually round-shaped and with variable itch, where hairs are fragmented, resulting in an aspect similar to tonsure — a close shave at the vertex of the scalp similar to some monks.

Tinea capitis: correlation of clinical presentations to agents identified in mycological culture