Table 3. Clinical, direct microscopic and Wood’s lamp examination features of tinea capitis lesions according to the identified dermatophyte species and non-dermatophyte filamentous fungus.
| Species1 | M. aud. | T. soud. | T. menta. | T. viol. | T. s. + T. m. | T. s. + M. a. | NDF | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 213) | n = 69 | % | n = 78 | % | n = 4 | % | n = 7 | % | n = 3 | % | n = 28 | % | n = 24 | % | P values |
| Clinical features | |||||||||||||||
| Inflammatory (n = 4) | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | <0.001 |
| Suppurative (n = 3) | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | <0.001 |
| Diffuse (n = 105) | 17 | 24.6 | 44 | 56.4 | 4 | 100 | 5 | 71.4 | 3 | 100 | 18 | 34.3 | 14 | 58.3 | <0.001 |
| Size >2 cm (n = 97) | 52 | 75.4 | 16 | 20.5 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 71.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 21 | 75 | 1 | 4.2 | <0.001 |
| Number >2 | 38 | 57.1 | 55 | 70.5 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 57.0 | 3 | 100 | 22 | 78.6 | 24 | 100 | 0.001 |
| Trichophytosis (n = 160) | 22 | 31.9 | 75 | 96.2 | 3 | 75 | 7 | 100 | 3 | 100 | 28 | 100 | 22 | 91.7 | <0.001 |
| Microsporosis (n = 51) | 47 | 68.1 | 1 | 1.3 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.6 | 1 | 4.2 | <0.001 |
| Direct examination features | |||||||||||||||
| Positive (n = 99) | 48 | 69.6 | 27 | 34.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 66.7 | 14 | 50.0 | 2 | 20.8 | 0.001 |
| Endothrix (n = 47) | 2 | 2.9 | 27 | 34.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 66.7 | 9 | 32.1 | 4 | 16.6 | <0.001 |
| Endoectothrix (n = 53) | 46 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 21.4 | 1 | 4.2 | <0.001 |
| Wood’s lamp examination features | |||||||||||||||
| Wood + (n = 72) | 59 | 85.5 | 3 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 4.2 | <0.001 |
| Wood—(n = 141) | 10 | 14.5 | 75 | 96.2 | 4 | 100 | 7 | 100 | 3 | 100 | 19 | 68.0 | 23 | 95.8 | |
1. M. aud.: Microsporum audouinii; T. soud.: Trichophyton soudanense; T. menta.: Trichophyton mentagrophytes; T. viol.: Trichophyton violaceum; T. s. + T. m.: T. soudanense and T. mentagrophytes; T. s. + M. a.: T. soudanense and M. audouinii; NDF: non-dermatophyte filamentous fungi.