[Epidemiology of fungaemia in a paediatric hospital of high complexity].

Background: A retrospective study on the epidemiology of fungaemia due to yeasts of medical importance at the Hospital Nacional de Pediatría Prof. Dr. J.

[Tinea capitis: two years experience in a paediatric hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina].

Tinea capitis is an infection caused by dermatophytes of the genera Microsporum and Trichophyton, and constitutes a major health problem in Argentina. The aim of the present study was to find out the incidence of those etiological agents and the therapeutic response in patients attending a High-Complexity Paediatric Hospital within a two-year period. A total of 98 tinea capitis were diagnosed, 13 of which were Celsus kerion.