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However, data on adults are limited.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>The aim of this study was to evaluate epidemiological, clinical and mycological characteristics of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TC<\/jats:styled-content> in adults in Korea.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Patients\/Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We retrospectively evaluated 82 adults (44.3%) among 185 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TC<\/jats:styled-content> patients at a tertiary hospital during June 2000\u20102017.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Mean patient age was 66.9\u00a0\u00b1\u00a015.8 (20\u201090) years with female predominance; mean disease duration until mycological diagnosis, 22.5 (1\u2010144) weeks; and misdiagnosis rate, 65.9%. Most common presumptive initial diagnoses were seborrhoeic dermatitis (24.4%) and bacterial folliculitis (18.3%). Chronic systemic illness and accompanying alopecia were found in 61 (74.4%) and 46 (56.1%) patients, respectively. Pustular type was found in 26.8% patients, followed by seborrhoeic dermatitis\u2013like 25.6%, grey patch 23.2%, kerion celsi 22.0% and black dot 2.4%. Forty\u2010eight patients (58.5%) had tinea infection at other skin areas. <jats:italic>Microsporum canis<\/jats:italic> (56.5%) and <jats:italic>Trichophyton rubrum<\/jats:italic> (21.7%) were the most common causative organisms; 92.7% patients achieved complete resolution, and seven patients (9.2%) had a recurrence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>We report the largest, most recent series of case studies of adult <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TC<\/jats:styled-content>. Adult <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TC<\/jats:styled-content> is not an uncommon problem, especially in elderly women, and has distinctive epidemiological and clinicomycological characteristics compared to those in prepubertal children. Recognising adult <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TC<\/jats:styled-content> profile will help clinicians avoid misdiagnosis and provide appropriate treatment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/myc.12916","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,13]],"date-time":"2019-04-13T18:03:23Z","timestamp":1555178603000},"page":"609-616","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":33,"title":["Tinea capitis in adults: A 18\u2010year retrospective, single\u2010centre study in Korea"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"62","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4697-4639","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Su\u2010Kyung","family":"Park","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology Chonbuk National University Medical School Jeonju 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