Tinea capitis in Brussels: Epidemiology and new management strategy

Dermatology

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 384-387

  Kolivras, Athanassios ^a   Lateur, Nadine ^a   De Maubeuge, Josiane ^a   Scheers, Christelle ^a   Wiame, Lucy ^a   Song, Micheline ^a  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brussels; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; PYRROLE; TERBINAFINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRUSSELS SPROUT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRUP; TABLET FORMULATION; TINEA CAPITIS; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037640036     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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