Introduction
Materials and method
Results
Total number of cases of TC | 34 |
Average age | 8.42 years (3–14) |
Sex ratio | 67.6% male |
Microsporic TC | 47.1% |
Trichophytic TC | 29.4% |
Inflammatory TC | 23.5% |
Mycological sampling | 18% |
Female gender (n = 12) | Inflammatory TC (n = 8) | Non-inflammatory TC (n = 26) | Microscopic TC (n = 16) | Trichophytic TC (n = 10) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Broken hair | 92% | 62.5% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Scales*
| 92% | 37.5% |
100%
| 100% | 100% |
Follicular keratosis*
| 75% | 50% |
92%
| 93.7% | 90% |
Black dots | 67% | 62.5% | 77% | 87.5% | 60% |
Bent hairs | 50% | 75% | 69% | 62.5% | 80% |
Erythema*
| 50% |
100%
| 54% | 31% |
90%
|
Comma hairs*
| 58% | 12.5% | 69% |
93.7%
| 30% |
Crusts*
| 33% |
100%
| 35% | 25% | 50% |
Corkscrew hairs*
|
58%
| 0% | 46% |
62.5%
| 20% |
Forked hairs | 25% | 25% | 35% | 31% | 40% |
Bar code-like hair | 8% | 12.5% | 31% | 37.5% | 20% |
Follicular pustules*
| 17% |
87.5%
| 4% | 6% | 0% |
Zigzag hair | 17% | 0% | 23% | 25% | 20% |
Translucent hair | 17% | 0% | 15% | 12.5% | 20% |
V-shaped hair*
| 8% |
37.5%
| 4% | 6% | 0% |
p
Value*
|
0.017
|
0.032/0.002/0.000
|
0.000/0.022
|
0.000/0.005
|
0.000
|