Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 15 1-4 1986 06 15 55 64 M. Moghadami M. Emami 2015 10 03 From 687 patients referred to the Medical Mycology Depatment of the school of public Health, 184 cases showed Tinea capitis infection, direct microscopy and culture was positive in 86.2% and 75.29% of the cases respectively. From the positive cultures 5 different dermatophtes were identified as: Microsporum canis, Trichophyton violaceum, Trichophyton verrucosum, Trichophyton schoenleinii, Trichophyton mentagrophytes. M. canis was found to be the commonest causative organism of Tinea capitis in Tehran (53, 84%) followed by T.violaceum (22.37%), T. verrucosum (13.98%), T.shoenleinii (11.18%) and T.mentagrophytes (6.69%). Candida albicans and other candida species were also isolated from two patients. https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2770 https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/2770/2750