British Association of Dermatologists' guidelines for the management of tinea capitis 2014

Abstract

Details of evidence are given in the text, and summarized in Table 3. Tinea capitis is a common scalp infection, seen predominantly in childhood. The clinical presentation is highly variable and dependent on the causative organism. The condition is most commonly due to Microsporum and Trichophyton dermatophyte species, with T. tonsurans now accounting for the majority of scalp isolates in the U.K.