VIABILITY OF FUNGUS IN HAIRS FROM PATIENTS WITH TINEA CAPITIS

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Ringworm of the scalp is now rampant in widely scattered sections of the United States: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D. C., and new cities are constantly being added to the list. Prior to the recent war, the two most prevalent species of fungi, Microsporon lanosum and Microsporon audouini, shared more or less equally in the causation of at least 95 per cent of all cases. Today, observers are reporting that M. audouini is accounting for from 80 to 100 per cent of such infections; the resistance of this type of infection to commonly used chemicals is well known. The mere viability of the spores extra corpus and the fact that they remain viable for a period of time on furniture, such as the backs of motion picture seats, as well as on combs and hair brushes may be taken for granted. In addition, it is

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