1. In most parts of the United States and in many other parts of the world, T tonsurans is now the predominant organism causing tinea capitis. In the United States, this form of tinea capitis is seen almost exclusively in African-American children. In some children, this dermatophyte causes discrete and dramatic areas of hair loss studded by the stubs of broken hair, so-called black-dot ringworm (Fig. 6-18).
Source: Superficial Fungal Infections, Weinberg's Color Atlas of Pediatric Dermatology, 5e
Citation: Prose NS, Kristal L. Weinberg's Color Atlas of Pediatric Dermatology, 5e; 2017 Available at: Accessed: March 04, 2018
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