Tinea capitis: Still an unsolved problem?

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-188

  Patel, Gopal A ^a   Schwartz, Robert A ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Dermatophytes; Fungal disease; Hair disease; Tinea capitis

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; ITRACONAZOLE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SERTACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; APPLICATION SITE BURNING; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; APPLICATION SITE PRURITUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TINEA CAPITIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MICROSPORUM; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; MICROSPORUM; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 79954459847     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2009.01819.x     Document Type: Review

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