Tinea capitis mimicking tufted hair folliculitis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Baroni, A ^a   Ruocco, E ^a   Aiello, F S ^a   Faccenda, F ^a   Lo Schiavo, A ^a   Satriano, R A ^a   Guerrera, V ^a  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATOLYTIC AGENT; SHAMPOO; TAR; TERBINAFINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLICULITIS; HAIR DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TUFTED HAIR FOLLICULITIS;

ALOPECIA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLICULITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAPHTHALENES; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72549103288     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03435.x     Document Type: Article

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