Tinea capitis mimicking dissecting cellulitis: A distinct variant

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 412-414

  Twersky, Joy M ^a,b   Sheth, Anita P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRISEOFULVIN; TERBINAFINE;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUS; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CELLULITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRISEOFULVIN; HUMANS; MALE; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 18844377199     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02083.x     Document Type: Article

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