Soyinka F
Mycopathologia. 1978 Jul 28;63(2):99-103. doi: 10.1007/BF00441255.
The commonest dermatophyte infection among the referred dermatology cases in Nigeria is tinea pedis, whereas among the surveyed population of school children, the commonest fungal infection was tinea capitis. It was found that the most ubiquitous causative organism for tinea pedis was E. fluccosum, that for tinea capitis was M. audouinii, while that for tinea corporis was T. soudanese. The source of infection of tinea capitis among the school children was found to be most likely the local barber who serviced the schools in all the villages, and this might explain the high incidence rate of T. soudanese in tinea capitis. Tinea pedis infection is believed to be highly favoured by the wearing of shoes among the senior students. Animals were not a major source of transmission of dermatophytes in Nigeria. No new species of dermatophytes has been identified among the cultured organisms.
在尼日利亚转诊至皮肤科的病例中，最常见的皮肤癣菌感染是足癣，而在接受调查的学童群体中，最常见的真菌感染是头癣。研究发现，引起足癣最普遍的病原体是絮状表皮癣菌，引起头癣的是奥杜盎小孢子菌，引起体癣的是苏丹毛癣菌。已发现学童中头癣的感染源很可能是为所有村庄的学校服务的当地理发师，这或许可以解释头癣中苏丹毛癣菌的高发病率。高年级学生中足癣感染被认为与穿鞋密切相关。在尼日利亚，动物并非皮肤癣菌的主要传播源。在培养出的微生物中未发现皮肤癣菌的新物种。
