Épidémie de teignes à Trichophyton tonsurans dans une école maternelle de la région parisienne

Several important points are underlined by this study: 1) the high contagiousness of T. tonsurans; 2) the detection of 2 mechanisms of indirect contamination (rag doll mascot in the class and the family hair-clipper); 3) the one-year time lapse between the arrival of the contaminating child in the class and the survey, explaining the extent of the contamination; 4) the underestimation of the epidemic due to the lack of mycological examinations; 5) the identification of several dermatophytes in the same school:M. canis, T soudanense and T. tonsurans, and 7) the futility of eviction from school when all the children can be treated.