Epidemiology of Fungal Scalp Infections in the West of Scotland 2000 – 2006

Abstract

The overall increase and the change in pattern of reported fungal scalp infections in the West of Scotland may be explained by the migration of people to Scotland from Africa or Pakistan where T. violaceum and T. tonsurans are endemic. The increase in numbers of infections in the later period of this study reflects an increase in the awareness of General Practitioners and Dermatologists to send samples to Clinical Mycology.