摘要：From 687 patients referred to the Medical Mycology Depatment of the school of public Health, 184 cases showed Tinea capitis infection, direct microscopy and culture was positive in 86.2% and 75.29% of the cases respectively. From the positive cultures 5 different dermatophtes were identified as: Microsporum canis, Trichophyton violaceum, Trichophyton verrucosum, Trichophyton schoenleinii, Trichophyton mentagrophytes. M. canis was found to be the commonest causative organism of Tinea capitis in Tehran (53, 84%) followed by T.violaceum (22.37%), T. verrucosum (13.98%), T.shoenleinii (11.18%) and T.mentagrophytes (6.69%). Candida albicans and other candida species were also isolated from two patients.
