Table 1.

The clinical features of tinea capitis due T. tonsurans and M. canis

Organism	T. tonsurans	M. canis
The dominant organism in	US and Central America	Africa, Australia, South America, and Western Europe
Source of infection [1]	Anthropophilic	Zoophilic Most commonly cats and dogs
Clinical presentation [82]	Less inflammation Hair loss at scalp level, characterized as black dot	Scaly, inflamed, with hair loss 2–3 mm or more above scalp Broken hair
Most common alopecia pattern [83]	Multiple and small	Few and can reach large diameter
Infectious pattern [1]	Endothrix	Ectothrix or mixed
Wood's lamp exam [82]	No fluorescence	Yellow-green fluorescence, high specificity but low sensitivity [84]
Typically resolves by puberty [1]	No	Yes