Epidemiological profile of tinea capitis in São Paulo City

• Main Authors: John Verrinder Veasey (Author), Barbara Arruda Fraletti Miguel (Author), Silvia Assumpção Soutto Mayor (Author), Clarisse Zaitz (Author), Laura Hitomi Muramatu (Author), Juliane Agarinakamura Serrano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Tinea capitis is the most common fungal infection in children. The identification of the etiologic agent helps clinicians make their therapeutic choice. Studies conducted in different countries show a changing pattern of the main etiological agents according to their regions. We performed...