Bergson C L, Fernandes N C
Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira, Medical School, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2001 Mar-Apr;43(2):87-91. doi: 10.1590/s0036-46652001000200007.
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 Martagão 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%) were asymptomatic carriers and the cultures revealed Trichophyton tonsurans and Microsporum canis respectively. One female adolescent and two female adults (3.8%) 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.
头癣是一种主要发生在儿童期的皮肤癣菌感染；在巴西，关于青少年和成人患头癣的报道较少。无症状携带者的检测对疾病控制至关重要。1998年2月至1999年2月，在马尔塔贡·热斯泰拉妇幼保健院（巴西里约热内卢联邦大学）皮肤科门诊进行了一项研究，以核实79名与56名（0至12岁）患头癣儿童同住一个家庭的青少年、成人和老年人中无症状携带者和头癣的发生率。其中，一名成年女性和一名成年男性（2.5%）为无症状携带者，培养结果分别显示为断发毛癣菌和犬小孢子菌。一名青春期女性和两名成年女性（3.8%）患有头癣，所有培养结果均显示为断发毛癣菌。该研究表明，与患头癣儿童同住一个家庭的青少年和成人可能患病或为无症状携带者。
