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Mycological examination of the hair samples of 11 school‐going Nepalese children suspected of tinea capitis
Author(s) -
Sangeeta Baral Basnet,
Narayan Bahadur Basnet,
Masataro Hiruma,
Yutaka Inaba,
Koichi Makimura,
Akira Kawada
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2000.00541.x
Subject(s) - tinea capitis , scalp , dermatology , medicine , trichophyton tonsurans , mycosis , dermatophyte , microsporum , trichophyton , microsporum canis , surgery , antifungal
Among 150 students from a semi‐urban school in Kathmandu (Nepal), 30 from various age groups and both sexes with symptoms suggestive of scalp ringworm, were examined clinically. Hair samples were collected for mycological examination, using the hair brush method, from 11 of the 30 children (36.7%), aged between 5 and 14 years, who were clinically diagnosed. Four of the cultured samples were positive for isolates of Trichophyton violaceum . This minor study provides evidence that tinea capitis might constitute a substantial infectious dermatological problem in Nepal. The study also indicated T. violaceum as the causative organism of tinea capitis.