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ID DOID:4337
Name tinea capitis
Definition A dermatophytosis that results_in contagious fungal infection located_in scalp, located_in hair of head, located_in eyebrow or located_in eyelash, has_material_basis_in Ascomycota fungi that belong to a group called dermatophytes and has_symptom itching of the scalp, has_symptom pus filled lesions on the scalp, and has_symptom patches of hair loss, sometimes with a 'black dot' pattern.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000878.htm, https://drfungus.org/knowledge-base/tinea-capitis/
Xrefs

ICD9CM:110.0

NCI:C34536

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:186985002

UMLS_CUI:C0011640

Alternateids

DOID:0050114

DOID:12319

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

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Synonyms

dermatophytosis of scalp or beard [EXACT]

Dermatophytosis of scalp [RELATED]

Scalp ringworm [EXACT]

tinea capitis due to Trichophyton rubrum [EXACT]

Trichophyton rubrum tinea capitis [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a dermatophytosis

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