Tinea capitis develops when an inoculum from another individual or animal comes into a 'compromised scalp.'
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Microsporum canis, a fungus species that causes Tinea capitis in humans
An estimated 200,000 children worldwide received X-ray treatment for tinea capitis in accordance with the standard Adamson-Kienbock procedure between 1910 and 1959, until griseofulvin, the first effective antifungal agent for ringworm, was introduced.