Korean J Dermatol.
1989 Dec;27(6):666-671.
Tinea Capitis of Adults in Taegu City for 11 Years ( 1978 ~ 1988 )
Abstract
- Epiderniologic description of the tinea capitis of adults was made for the cases detected in Taegu city for 11 years from January 1978 to December 1988. 1. Totalnumber of adult patients(20 years or older) were 41(2.0%) out of 2,029 cases of all tiena capitis. Among 41 patients, 34 cases were detected between 1983 and 1988. 2. Clinically 24 patients were superficial tinea capitis and 17 patients were kerion celsi. 3. Age of the patients ranged from 21 to 85 years with an average of 58.5 years and mode interval of 61-70 years. Patients over 50 years of age accounted for 70.7% of all csses. 4. Sex distribution of the cases was 39 females(95.1%) and 2 males(4.9%). 5. Causative agents isolated from the patients were Microsporum canis in 36 cases, Trichophyton verrucosum in 2 cases, T. mentagrophytes, T. ferrugineum and T. rubrum in 1 case, respectively. 6. Solitary lesion was most common and alopecia was not prominent in most of the cases. The most frequent site of involvement was frontal and posterior scalp. At initial exarnination, 5 cases were misdiagnosed as seborreic dermatitis and 1 case as multiple folliculitis. 7. Sources of infection were presurned to be cat in ll cases, cattle in 2 cases and the rests were unidentified. Interfarnilial infection was observed in 5 cases.
