A randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of fluconazole in the treatment of pediatric tinea capitis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 798-809

  Foster, K Wade ^a   Friedlander, Sheila Fallon ^b   Panzer, Helene ^c   Ghannoum, Mahmoud A ^d   Elewski, Boni E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d Department of Dermatology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ASTHMATIC STATE; CHEILITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRY SKIN; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTRITIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TINEA CAPITIS; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27144551959     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.07.028     Document Type: Article

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