Tinea capitis: dermoscopy and calcium fluorescent microscopy as highly efficient and precise diagnostic tools [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2020 Tinea capitis comprising of tinea favosa and kerion is mostly seen in school-aged children. Some tinea capitis often presented with insignificant findings under the naked eyes are easily overlooked.
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Journal of Fungi, 2020 Background: In this last decade, a huge increase in African anthropophilic strains causing tinea capitis has been observed in Europe. The Belgian National Reference Center for Mycosis (NRC) conducted a surveillance study on tinea capitis in 2018 to learn
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Systemic antifungal therapy for tinea capitis in children [PDF]
, 2007 BACKGROUND: Tinea capitis is a common contagious fungal infection of the scalp in children. Systemic therapy is required for treatment and to prevent spread. This is an update of the original Cochrane review. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of systemic
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Tinea capitis: study of asymptomatic carriers and sick adolescents, adults and elderly who live with children with the disease [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2001 Tinea capitis is a dermatophyte infection that occurs mainly in childhood; there are few reports, in Brazil, in adolescents and adults. The detection of asymptomatic carriers is of great importance in the disease control.
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Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition), 2008 Tinea capitis is a widespread scalp infection in children caused by dermatophytes. In fact, it is the most common cutaneous mycosis in children but is uncommon in adults. The disease has been major public health concern for decades. Some factors implicated in infection include poor personal hygiene, crowded living conditions, and low socioeconomic ...
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Tinea capitis in an immigrant pediatric community; a clinical signs-based treatment approach
BMC Pediatrics, 2021 Background Tinea capitis is a common cutaneous infection of the scalp and hair follicles, typically diagnosed by direct examination and culture. Treatment with oral antifungals is usually withheld until mycology results are available.
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Different Trichoscopic Features of Tinea Capitis and Alopecia Areata in Pediatric Patients [PDF]
Dermatology Research and Practice, 2014 Background. Diagnosis of patchy hair loss in pediatric patients is often a matter of considerable debate among dermatologists. Trichoscopy is a rapid and noninvasive tool to detect more details of patchy hair loss.
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PREVALENCE, IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF DERMATOPHYTES CAUSING TINEA CAPITIS IN A LOCALITY OF NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA [PDF]
African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background: Tinea capitis impacts negatively on the health of children, consequently affecting their education. Its prevalence is unknown in many African communities.
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Unravelling Childhood Tinea Capitis: A Multi-Dimensional Investigation Using Dermoscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Mass Spectrometry [PDF]
Infection and Drug ResistanceZeyu Huang,1 Mingyan Chen,1 Yang Peng,1 Ruzhi Zhang2 1Department of Dermatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Dermatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical ...
Huang Z, Chen M, Peng Y, Zhang R
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Tinea capitis in the form of concentric rings in an HIV positive adult on antiretroviral treatment
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2012 Dermatophyte infection may present in the form of concentric rings caused by Trichophyton concentricum, known as Tinea Imbricata. In immunosuppressed patients, there are reports of lesions in the form of concentric rings caused by dermatophytes other ...
Kirti Narang, Manish Pahwa, V Ramesh
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