Tinea Capitis In Kashmir
- 1 August 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 90 (2) , 205-207
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1964.01600020073018
Abstract
Tinea capitis is highly endemic in Kashmir. Favus is the main disease, but scalp ringworm due to Trichophyton violaceum coexists. Cultures were made from 57 patients (Trichophyton Schoenleini 44, T violaceum 13). Three clinical types of favus were seen. In T violaceum infections pustular lesions and alopecia due to scarring were more predominant than in Europe. Recommendations for a systematic campaign against tinea capitis are given.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: