[Fungal infection of the scalp by Trichophyton soudanense treated with ketoconazole (author's transl)].

Case of 25 years old black Saracole female presenting tinea capitis caused by Trichophyton Soudanense. This patient lives in Senegal. She was 5 years old on the onset of the disease, which has evolved continuously for 18 years. Systemic administration of Ketoconazole, 400 mg a day during 25 days, had totally cured the patient clinically and mycologically.