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. 2005 Jan;48(1):8-10.
doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.01065.x.

Tinea capitis in Diyarbakir, Turkey

N O Akpolat  1 , S Akdeniz, S Elci, S Atmaca, T Ozekinci
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Tinea capitis in Diyarbakir, Turkey

N O Akpolat et al. Mycoses. 2005 Jan.

Abstract

The incidence and types of tinea capitis in 234 children aged 1-12 referred to our laboratory with a preliminary diagnosis of tinea capitis infection in the past 5 years were investigated. Tinea capitis was determined in 149 (63.7%) of these patients, of which agents grew in culture in 124 (83.2%). The most frequently isolated agents, in order of frequency, are as follows: Trichophyton violaceum (43.6%), Microsporum canis (37.9%), T. mentagrophytes (8.1%) and T. verrucosum (4.8%).

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