Tinea capitis in pondicherry (South India)

Dasgupta, L.R.; Agarwal, S C; Bedi, B M S

doi:10.1080/00362177585190071

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“…The study also shows that tinea capitis in Kashmir is mostly seen in children of 0-15 year age group. The predominance of T. violaceum is in accord with many similar reports from India (3,4,5,7,11,12). T. verrucosum has been isolated for the first time from tinea capitis patients in India.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…There are several reports of tinea capitis from other parts of the country (3,4,5,7,8,12) and two from Kashmir (6,lO). One of us (G. H. H.) had earlier shown in a study of 120 students (age 4-12 years) that favus continues to be endemic in Kashmiri rural group and from seven cases T. schoenleinii was isolated (6).The present study shows that favus may actually have declined over the years, possibly because of improved economic and hygienic conditions, as only 19 suspected cases were seen in nearly three years.…”

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Dermatophytoses in Kashmir, India/Dermatophytosen in Kashmir, Indien

Bhardwaj

Hajini

Khan

et al. 1987

Mycoses

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Summary: 319 clinically suspected cases ot tinea capitis were studied. It was found that about 89% of patients belonged to age group of 0–15 years and 74.6% were males. Trichophyton viola‐ceum was the commonest isolate. Only 19 suspected cases of favus were encountered. Isolation of T. verrucosum from tinea capitis is being reported for the first time from India. 181 patients clinically suspected of tinea corporis and cruris were investigated. T. violaceum was the commonest isolate in both clinical types. Compared to tinea capitis, an older age group was involved. Zusammenfassung: 319 Patienten mit klinischem Verdacht auf Tinea capitis wurden untersucht. 89 Prozent der Patienten gehörten in die Altersgruppe von 0–15 Jahren und 74,6Prozent waren männlich. Trichophyton violaceum wurde am häufigsten isoliert. Nur in 19 Fällen wurde die Ver‐dachtsdiagnose eines Favus gestellt. Die Isolierung von T. verrucosum aus einer Tinea capitis wird zum ersten Mal aus Indien berichtet. Weiterhin wurden 181 Patienten mit klinischem Verdacht auf Tinea corporis und Tinea cruris untersucht. T. violaceum wurde bei beiden klinischen Formen am häufigsten nachgewiesen. Im Vergleich zur Tinea capitis war hier eine ältere Alters‐gruppe betroffen.

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Dermatophytoses in Kashmir, India/Dermatophytosen in Kashmir, Indien

Bhardwaj

Hajini

Khan

et al. 1987

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“…Tinea capitis was stated to be more common in children and maximum number of cases were seen in 1-12 years age group (Rajgopal et al, 12 Kamalam et al, 7 Das Gupta et al, 10 Mankodi et al 13 ) and very rare in adults, probably due to fungistatic property of adult sebum and presence of Thymus or its remnants during childhood.…”

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“…None of them used mustard oil. This use of coconut oil may be a contributory factor to the higher incidence of Tinea capitis in South India compared to North India where mustard oil is used for hair dressing which is supposed to have some inhibitory action on dermatophytes (Dasgupta et al, 10 Hajini et al 9 ).…”

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“…However, Klokke and Durairaj 8 from Vellore had reported a large number of cases of Tinea capitis, with an incidence of 28.54% and considered that contrary to popular belief it was not uncommon in India. Later it was considered that Tinea capitis was rare in North India (Hajiniet al 9 ), but was endemic in South India (Kamalam and Thambaiah 7 , Das Gupta et al 10 ).…”

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Clinicomycological Study of Tinea Capitis

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S²,

K³

et al. 2016

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BACKGROUNDDermatomycosis is a superficial skin disease caused by the species of the genera Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton which are highly specialised parasites interrelated by their common morphological features and physiological adaptations to a parasitic mode of existence on keratinised tissue of man and animal. Tinea capitis, ringworm of the scalp and is of worldwide distribution. While most species of Trichophyton and Microsporum can cause Tinea capitis, it is interesting that Epidermophyton floccosum, Trichophyton concentricum and Trichophyton interdigitale never cause Tinea capitis. It was found that the incidence of Tinea capitis was more in South India than North India and was more common in males than females and the commonest age group was 1-10 years.

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Tinea capitis an endemic disease in Madras

Kamalam

Thambiah

1980

Mycopathologia

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A study of Tinea capitis in Outpatient Clinic, Skin Department, Government General Hospital, Madras during a three year period from November, 1973 to October, 1976, has shown a gradual increase in incidence of 3.56%, 5.09% and 6.25% respectively. Findings suggest that Tinea capitis is endemic in South India. Male children were more commonly affected than female children and the age groups chiefly affected were between 5 and 10 years. A considerably number of adults were also affected. The disease showed no correlation to environmental temperature, humidity and rainfall but was correlated to all types of mycoses and total incidence of mycoses. Among 357 isolates, Trichophyton violaceum was the commonest in 264 (73.94%) and T. tonsurans was the next common in 47 (13.16%). The other agents were T. rubrum in 30 (8.4%), T. mentagrophytes in 11 (3.08%) and T. simii in 5 (1.4%). Noninflammatory lesions were more common than inflammatory lesions and both were produced by T. violaceum and T. tonsurans, suggesting strain differences in pathogenesis. Treatment with oral griseofulvin was satisfactory in all but had to be discontinued in 4 patients due to side effects.

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Tinea capitis in pondicherry (South India)

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

Dermatophytoses in Kashmir, India/Dermatophytosen in Kashmir, Indien

Dermatophytoses in Kashmir, India/Dermatophytosen in Kashmir, Indien

Clinicomycological Study of Tinea Capitis

Tinea capitis an endemic disease in Madras

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