TRICHOPHYTON SULFUREUM IN SOUTHERN OHIO AREA
- 1 September 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 68 (3) , 335-336
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1953.01540090097014
Abstract
In the recent literature an increased number of tinea capitis infections due to Trichophyton sulfureum in the southwestern United States have been reported by Howell, Wilson, and Caro. These cases occurred mainly in Texas and California and were thought to be secondary to similar outbreaks in Mexico.1 Cases have also been reported by Franks and associates2 and by Georg3 among Puerto Ricans who had recently immigrated to New York City. An extension of this fungus toward the more central parts of the United States was predicted. Recently three cases in one family were reported from Pennsylvania.4 Occasional scattered cases have been reported in a number of states. The mycology laboratory of the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta has recently received a positive culture from Indiana.3 The following are case reports of T. sulfureum infections in southern Ohio. REPORT OF CASES An 11-year-old white boy wasKeywords
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