| Summary: | We report here two cases of tinea capitis caused by <i>Microsporum (M.) audouinii</i> in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. The patients were a three-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl who presented with scaly patches on the scalp. The causative fungus was isolated using an adhesive tape-sampling method and cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar plates. It was identified as <i>M. audouinii</i> both by its macroscopic and microscopic features, confirmed by DNA sequencing. These are the first documented cases of <i>M. audouinii</i> infections confirmed with DNA sequencing to be reported from Côte d’Ivoire. The practicality of the tape-sampling method makes it possible to carry out epidemiological surveys evaluating the distribution of these dermatophytic infections in remote, resource-limited settings.
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