Representative treatment periods are tinea capitis, 4 to 6 weeks; tinea corporis, 2 to 4
canis infection has been associated with multifocal alopecia, scaling, and circular lesions [] and with localised forms in humans, such as for tinea capitis, tinea corporis, tinea pedis, and
twice daily for tinea corporis and onychomycosis
The preferred treatment for tinea imbricata is griseofulvin or terbinafine, although some resistance has developed to oral griseofulvin
What are the symptoms of scalp ringworm? Tinea capitis
A randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, duration-finding study of oral terbinafine and open-label, high-dose griseofulvin in children with tinea capitis due to Microsporum species
The search strategy included meta-analyses
In tinea capitis, the presence of comma hair, corkscrew hair and fractured hair shafts with ultramicronized griseofulvin (500 mg/day) for tinea corporis/cruris showed significantly higher clinical and mycological outcome with Resistance—the selective pressure of immune response and antifungal agents—results in selection of
Effective treatment of tinea capitis by griseofulvin became available in the 1950s
1, 2 In fact, tinea capitis infection has been described as a “modern-day epidemic
Griseofulvin is U
Duration of treatment: 2-4 weeks (tinea corporis); 4-8 weeks (tinea capitis, pedis); 8-12 weeks (refractory cases of tinea capitis); 4-6 months (tinea unguium)
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The aim of this report is to address possible griseofulvin resistance in dermatophytes, particularly T
Clinical and mycological healing occurred in 30 to 40 days in
Take the griseofulvin until the tinea clears, in approximately four to five weeks