An epidemy of tinea capitis observed in 1945 in the Instituto Natalina Janot, Fundação Abrigo Cristo Redentor, Rio de Janeiro, is reported. The etiological agent — Trichophyton mentagrophytes — is described.
An epidemy of tinea capitis observed in 1945 in the Instituto Natalina Janot, Fundação Abrigo Cristo Redentor, Rio de Janeiro, is reported. The etiological agent — Trichophyton mentagrophytes — is described.