Korean J Dermatol.  1998 Aug;36(4):732-736.

Trichophyton tonsurans Infection in Wrestlers and a Child

• Sung SY
• Kim HY
• Kim HU
• Ihm CW

Abstract

Trichophyton tonsurans has been the main agent of tinea capitis in the United States since 1950s. In Korea, dermatophytosis due to Trichophyton tonsurans has begun to be reported since 1995. These Korean cases were all confined to wrestlers. We report eight patients with dermatophytosis due to Trichophyton tonsurans, Seven of them were middle-school wrestlers and the other, a six-year-old boy, was a non-wrestler. The infection of the wrestler patients was known to have originated from contact with infected persons during wrestling competitions. The source of Trichophyton tonsurans in the boy patient was obscure. To our knowledge, tinea capitis caused by Trichophyton tonsurans in a non-wrestler Korean has not been reported previously.

Keyword

Trichophyton tonsurans; Tinea capitis

MeSH Terms

Child*
Humans
Korea
Male
Tinea
Tinea Capitis
Trichophyton*
United States
Wrestling