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Special Reference to Trichophyton Tonsurans

ANDREW G. FRANKS, M.D.; CLAIRE L. TASCHDJIAN, B.S.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;74(4):349-351.

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In recent years an increase in the incidence of tinea capitis due to Trichophyton tonsurans has been reported from several parts of the United States. Apparently endemic in Mexico, where it causes almost 90% of all cases of tinea capitis,¹ the fungus has a high incidence in Texas² and is gradually spreading to the Pacific Southwest,³ the Eastern Seaboard,⁴ and the Middle West.⁵ The first case of tinea capitis due to T. tonsurans in Maryland was recently described by Sullivan and Wood.⁶

As regards New York City, Reiss⁷ reported 44 cases of T. tonsurans infection of the scalp, glabrous skin, or both, seen at Bellevue Hospital during the six-year period July 1947-July 1953.

In view of these reports, it seemed worth while to examine our records for the last 20 years, in order to obtain exact figures concerning the incidence . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, New York University Post-Graduate Medical School (Dr. Marion B. Sulzberger, Chairman), and the Skin and Cancer Unit of New York University Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov. 28, 1955.

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