%0 Journal Article
%T Tinea capitis em adulto por Trichophyton violaceum no Brasil: relato de um caso e revis£żo da literatura
%A Rodrigues
%A Gustavo da Silva
%A Oliveira
%A Fl¨˘vio de Mattos
%A Pereira
%A Eduardo Figueiredo
%A Cruz
%A Rosana Ce Bella
%J Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
%D 2008
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
%R 10.1590/S0365-05962008000600008
%X tinea capitis, a scalp ringworm, is a dermatophytosis caused by fungus of the gender trichophyton and microsporum. it presents various clinical forms and is almost exclusive of children. it rarely affects an adult. a case of tinea capitis is reported in a 65-year-old woman and the nosographic aspects on this dermatophytosis in brazil are commented.
%K adult
%K dermatophytosis
%K microsporum
%K tinea capitis
%K trichophyton
%K trichophyton violaceum.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0365-05962008000600008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en