Tinea capitis en el área sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela

A 30‐year survey of paediatric tinea capitis in southern Spain

“…Case of TC were more usual in children younger than 10 years of age, as also found in the vast majority of other studies, with TC being the most common cutaneous fungal infection in children aged 3–7 years, 6,12,13,20–22 but rare in adults 2,13 . The incidence of TC in children younger than 1 year of age old is low, with fewer than 100 cases reported, 2,4,7,11,22,24 20 of these in Spain 4,12,18 .…”

“…Throughout the whole study period (30 years), TC was the most usual clinical form of dermatophytoses, even though in the last period of our study, we observed a significant reduction in the number of these cases. Most cases occurred in boys, as was found in most other studies 6,12,13,20 . Some authors suggest that TC produced by dermatophytes of the genus Microsporum are more usual in males, while there is no predominant gender for TC caused by dermatophytes of the genus Trichophyton , 1,4,21 or that these latter may even be more common in women 22 .…”

“…Italy, Croatia, or Greece, but also in other countries such as France, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Poland 1,2,5 . This predominance of M. canis is probably related to the increase in the number of pets, particularly cats and dogs, which frequently leads to contagion in several members of the same family 6,13 . T. mentagrophytes var.…”

“…Both dermatologists and primary care physicians must be aware of the most prevalent dermatophytes for the different types of tineas in the area they work 13 so that they can prescribe a correct treatment.…”

Microsporum canis and other dermatophytes isolated from humans, dogs and cats in mexico city

“…Worldwide 90-100% of dermatophytoses in cats are caused by M. canis [23] and usually its isolation in asymptomatic animals indicates subclinical infection or carrier [24].…”