Abstract
Tinea violaceum of the scalp was until the past few years uncommon in the United States. Lately, as a result of the increased shifting of population, it has become more widely diversified. A violaceum epidemic in Willowbrook State School was reported by others 1 in 1958. Since this epidemic spread rapidly and was resistant to x-ray and manual epilation as well as to all known types topical treatment, oral griseofulvin (Grifulvin * ) was instituted in September, 1959. Material and Methods In this project 115 patients, 94 boys and 21 girls, with a ratio of approximately 4.5 boys to 1 girl, were enrolled. Their age ranged from 4 to 14 years and their ringworm had lasted from 1 month to 10 years. Almost all of the scalp lesions showed a high grade of inflammation or bacterial superinfection, and 3 patients presented also fungus infections of fingeror toenails. The 115 single and
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