Prevalence of Tinea capitis in school going children from Mathare, informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMoto, Jedidah Ndunge
dc.contributor.authorMaingi, J.M.
dc.contributor.authorNyamache, A. K.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-13T09:04:13Z
dc.date.available2015-07-13T09:04:13Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Tinea capitis is a common infection especially in poor resource settings. This study was aimed at determining the prevalence Tinea capitis in children from selected schools from an urban slum in Nairobi city of Kenya. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 150 school going children during the period between May and September 2013. A questionnaire was administered and cultures of scalps, skin scrapping/hair stubs samples were performed and the etiological agents identified and confirmed. Results: In a total of one hundred and fifty (150) children recruited 89 (59.3%) were males and 61 (40.7%) females aged between 3 and 14 years. The overall prevalence rates in dermatophytes infection was 81.3% (122/150) with etiological agents consisting Trichophyton spp. (61.3%), Microsporum spp. (13.3%) and Epidermophyton spp. (7.3%) infections with infections occurring either singly (56%), duo (38%) or tipple co-infections (6%). Conclusion: This study demonstrates a high prevalence of Tinea infections with Trichophyton tonsurans as the predominant etiological agent in school going children of the urban slums of Nairobi.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) acknowledge and appreciate Kenya University for the facilitating this study with laboratory space and equipments. Much thanks to Daniel Ng’ang’a for his technical assistance and all the children and their guardians for their participation in this study.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBMC Res Notes (2015) 8:274en_US
dc.identifier.issn1756-0500
dc.identifier.other1756-0500
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/s13104-015-1240-7.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/13149
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.subjectTinea capitisen_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectDermatophytesen_US
dc.subjectInformal settlementen_US
dc.titlePrevalence of Tinea capitis in school going children from Mathare, informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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