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Tinea Capitis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Ringworm of the scalp and associated hair mainly caused by species of MICROSPORUM; TRICHOPHYTON; and EPIDERMOPHYTON, which may occasionally involve the eyebrows and eyelashes. An inflammatory manifestation of tinea capitis with a pronounced swelling that develops into suppurative central and indurated peripheral area called kerion.

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Synonym(s)

  • Tinea Capitis Profunda
  • Trichophytia Profunda Barbae
  • Trichophytia Profunda Capitis

In other languages

  • French

  • Teigne de la tête
  • Teigne du cuir chevelu
  • Tinea capitis

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-V7B5Q53L-5

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