Once weekly fluconazole is effective in children in the treatment of tinea capitis: A prospective, multicentre study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 965-968

  Gupta, Adilya K ^a   Dlova, N ^b   Taborda, P ^c   Morar, N ^b   Taborda, V ^c   Lynde, C W ^a   Konnikov, N ^d   Borges, M ^c   Raboobee, N ^b   Summerbell, R C ^a   Adam, P ^a   Hofstader, S L R ^a   Aboobaker, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Instituto Lauro S Lima   (Brazil)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluconazole; Microsporum canis; Once weekly therapy; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORUM CANIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSPORUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0034071982     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03479.x     Document Type: Article

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