Tinea capitis in California children: A population-based study of a growing epidemic

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 551-554

  Lobato, Mark N ^a,d   Vugia, Duc J ^b   Frieden, Ilona J ^c,d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

children; griseofulvin; tinea capitis; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GRISEOFULVIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN INFECTION; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031004366     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.4.551     Document Type: Article

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