Abstract
A total of 2,117 nursery and primary school children aged 1-13 years were surveyed for hair-scalp infection in Awka, Nigeria between January and March 2004. Specimens for mycological investigations were confirmed by microscopic examinations in 100 cases (4.7%) and the causative agents were isolated and cultured in 84 positive cases (3.9%). Zoophilic dermatophytes accounted for (42%) followed by geophilic (37%) and anthropophilic (21%) dermatophytes. Microsporum gypseum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes were the main etiologic agents. Other non-dermatophytic fungi species isolated were Alternaria alternata 14(17%), Aspergillus fumigatus 10 (12%) Fusarium solani 7 (8%), Penicillium sp 3 (4%) and Candida albicans 3 (4%).
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