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• Num_publicacion 72(1)
• Resumen_ingles

  Increasing numbers of foreigners has led to some changes in tinea capitis etiological agents in several countries. We present a review of pediatric patients suffering from tinea capitis with scalp scales positives cultures for dermatophytes attend­ed in the last years at a second level hospital, in order to know the epidemiological features, clinical and therapeutic response variations. Microsporum canis was isolated in 60% of the patients; it was mostly seen as an alopecic microsporic clinical form in native children with an adequate response to oral griseofulvine. Trichophyton violaceum was the second most frequently isolated dermatophyte, which caused tinea capitis in 6 African children; it often produced a thin shedding scale with null or little associated alopecia and systemic terbinafine obtained the best therapeutic response. We compare both etiological agents in terms of their different epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic features.

• Palabras_clave_ingles Tinea capitis Microsporum Trichophyton Scalp
• Todos_autores L. Calle Miguel, E. Rodríguez Díaz, G. Viejo de la Guerra, E. Lombraña Álvarez, E. García García, P. Serrano Acebes
• autores listados L. Calle Miguel, E. Rodríguez Díaz, G. Viejo de la Guerra, E. Lombraña Álvarez, E. García García, P. Serrano Acebes
• Correspondecia
  L. Calle Miguel. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital de Cabueñes. Camino de los Prados, 395. 33203 Gijón (Asturias).
  Correo electrónico: laura.calle.miguel@hotmail.com
• Titulo_ingles Clinical features and epidemiological changes in tinea capitis on a pediatric population
• Centros_trabajo Servicios de Pediatría, Dermatología y Microbiología. Hospital de Cabueñes. Gijón (Asturias)
• Publicado en Acta Pediatr Esp. 2014; 72(1): 9-13
• copyright ©2014 Ediciones Mayo, S.A.
• Fecha recepcion 14/06/12
• Fecha aceptacion 28/06/12