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NANNIZZIA INCURVATA INFECTION OF VELLUS HAIR
Author(s) -
EBY CHARLES S.,
JETTON R. L
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1971.tb14087.x
Subject(s) - vellus hair , dermatology , medicine , scalp
Summary.— This paper reports the isolation of N. incurvata in a variant of tinea corporis. Vellus hair infection by this dermatophyte occurred in an otherwise KOH‐negative scraping of the horny layer from a dermatitic plaque on the pubescent face.