Table 1. Demographic, clinical and mycological features of the 590 children that participated in the study grouped by eco-climatic zones in Mali.
| Eco-climatic zones | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic data | Total | Sahelian | Sudanian | Sudano-Guinean | |||||
| All participants | n = 590 | % | n = 200 | % | n = 190 | % | n = 200 | % | P values |
| Gender | 590 | 100 | 200 | 100 | 190 | 100 | 200 | 100 | 0.151 |
| Female | 304 | 51.5 | 104 | 52 | 107 | 56.3 | 93 | 46.5 | |
| Male | 286 | 48.5 | 96 | 48 | 83 | 43.7 | 107 | 53.5 | |
| Age Mean (SD) | 570 | 9.7 (2.38) | 192 | 9.6 (2.3) | 185 | 9.3 (2.4) | 193 | 10.2 (2.3) | 0.001 |
| Ethnic group | 547 | 92.7 | 195 | 97.5 | 189 | 99.5 | 163 | 81.5 | <0.001 |
| Dogon | 219 | 40 | 134 | 68.7 | 85 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bambara | 60 | 11 | 14 | 7.2 | 31 | 16.4 | 15 | 9.2 | |
| Fulani | 52 | 9.5 | 24 | 12.3 | 24 | 12.7 | 4 | 2.4 | |
| Senufo | 134 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 82.2 | |
| Other | 82 | 15 | 23 | 11.8 | 49 | 25.9 | 10 | 6.2 | |
| Tinea capitis population | n = 232 | % | n = 34 | % | n = 79 | % | n = 119 | % | P value |
| Age Mean (SD) | 232 | 9.8 (2.4) | 34 | 9.6 (2.4) | 79 | 9.4 (2.5) | 119 | 10.1 (2.3) | 0.132 |
| Sex group | 232 | 100 | 34 | 100 | 79 | 100 | 119 | 100 | 0.020 |
| Female | 90 | 38.8 | 9 | 26.5 | 40 | 50.6 | 41 | 34.4 | - |
| Male | 142 | 61.2 | 25 | 73.5 | 39 | 49.4 | 78 | 65.6 | - |
| Clinical features | |||||||||
| Inflammatory | 4 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.637 |
| Suppurative | 3 | 1.3 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.387 |
| Diffuse | 116 | 50.0 | 9 | 26.5 | 41 | 51.9 | 66 | 55.5 | 0.011 |
| Size >2 cm | 100 | 43.1 | 12 | 35.3 | 17 | 21.5 | 71 | 59.7 | <0.001 |
| Number >2 | 169 | 72.8 | 27 | 79.4 | 79 | 100 | 63 | 52.9 | <0.001 |
| Trichophytosis | 176 | 75.9 | 22 | 64.7 | 62 | 78.5 | 92 | 77.3 | 0.254 |
| Microsporosis | 54 | 23.3 | 12 | 35.3 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 22.7 | 0.166 |
| Hair shaft invasion | |||||||||
| Endothrix | 50 | 20.6 | 11 | 32.3 | 14 | 17.7 | 25 | 21 | 0.205 |
| Endo-ectothrix | 55 | 23.7 | 10 | 29.4 | 12 | 15.2 | 33 | 27.7 | 0.089 |
| Dermatophytes | |||||||||
| Culture | 232 | 100 | 34 | 100 | 79 | 100 | 119 | 100 | - |
| Positive | 189 | 81.5 | 34 | 100 | 36 | 45.6 | 119 | 100 | - |
| Negative | 19 | 8.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 24.0 | 0 | 0.0 | - |
| Species | 213 | 100 | 34 | 100 | 60 | 100 | 119 | 100 | - |
| M. audouinii | 69 | 32.4 | 12 | 35.3 | 10 | 16.7 | 47 | 39.5 | - |
| T. soudanense | 78 | 36.6 | 22 | 64.7 | 19 | 31.7 | 37 | 31.1 | - |
| T. violaceum | 7 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 5.9 | - |
| T. mentagrophytes | 4 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | - |
| T. s. + T. m. | 3 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | - |
| T. s. + M. a. | 28 | 13.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 23.5 | - |
| NDF1 | 24 | 11.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | - |
1 NDF: Non-dermatophyte filamentous fungi