[49 cases of tinea of the scalp observed in a tropical disease clinic in Paris].

Tinea capitis among school children population is still a public health problem. We described 49 cases of tinea capitis that have been diagnosed at the out patient clinic of Claude-Bernard Hospital, Paris. 44 of them were recently immigrated african children. 4 of them were children born in France from african parents. One case occurred on a caucasian girl, who never left metropolitan France. The pathologenic agent that heve been identified were: T. soudanense, M. audouinii var. Langeronii, T. schoenleinii and M. canis. The result of treatment with ketoconazole or griseofulvine are discussed.