Tinea Capitis in Adults: Tinea capitis bei Erwachsenen

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Abstract
Scalp ringworm is unusual after puberty. Etiological, epidemiological and clinical data regarding cases of tinea capitis in the elderly observed over a period of 15 years are discussed and some explanations are given for the conditions which favored the mycotic infection of the scalp in adults. This study underlines that tinea capitis in the elderly is usually characterized by very variable and often atypical lesions and that female preponderance in adults cases of scalp ringworm is striking and unexplained. Moreover, all the dermatophytes we isolated from scalp lesions in children can cause tinea capitis in adults.