Tinea capitis mimicking cicatricial alopecia: What host and dermatophyte factors lead to this unusual clinical presentation?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 490-495

  Mirmirani, Paradi ^a,b,c   Willey, Andrea ^d,e,f   Chamlin, Sarah ^g   Frieden, Ilona J ^b   Price, Vera H ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Northern California   (United States)

^e Solano Dermatology Associates   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GRISEOFULVIN; KETOCONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; TERBINAFINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HOST; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LOTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCAR ALOPECIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA; CHILD; CICATRIX; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCALP; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 60149109032     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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