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Tinea Capitis in Three Adults
Author(s) -
Vidimos Allison T,
Camisa Charles,
Tomecki Kenneth J
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1991.tb03853.x
Subject(s) - tinea capitis , dermatophyte , medicine , dermatology , scalp , incidence (geometry) , asymptomatic , surgery , physics , optics
Three cases of tinea capitis in healthy adults are presented. In light of the very low incidence (<1%) of tinea capitis in nonimmunocompromised adults and the possibility of contagion from asymptomatic dermatophyte carriers in the pediatric and adult populations, the necessity for heightened clinical suspicion and diagnostic tenacity in the evaluation of adults with scalp dermatitis and/or alopecia for possible tinea capitis is underscored.