Tinea capitis: study of asymptomatic carriers and sick adolescents, adults and elderly who live with children with the disease
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
; 43(2): 87-91, Mar.-Apr. 2001.
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-298581
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BR1.1
RESUMO
Tinea capitis is a dermatophyte infection that occurs mainly in childhood; there are few reports, in Brazil, in adolescents and adults. The detection of asymptomatic carriers is of great importance in the disease control. From February 1998 to February 1999, a study was performed at the outpatient Dermatologic Unit of Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagío Gesteira (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) to verify the frequency of asymptomatic carriers and tinea capitis between 79 adolescents, adults and elderly who lived in the same household of 56 children (0-12 years) with tinea capitis. Of these, one female and one male adults (2.5 percent) were asymptomatic carriers and the cultures revealed Trichophyton tonsurans and Microsporum canis respectively. One female adolescent and two female adults (3.8 percent) had tinea capitis and all cultures revealed Trichophyton tonsurans. The study has shown that adolescents and adults who live in the same household of children with tinea capitis may be sick or asymptomatic carriers
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Tinha do Couro Cabeludo
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Criança
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Criança, pré-escolar
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Lactente
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Masculino
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Recém-Nascido
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/BR