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Rev Cent Dermatol Pascua 2009; 18 (2)

Atypical microscopic tinea capitis

Padilla DMC, Bernabé RC, Venadero AF

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 68-71
PDF size: 185.22 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Ringworm of the head, is an entity in the pediatric age, even at the 97% prevalent in schools and preschools. In the superficial mycoses ranked fourth in the vats. It is caused by dermatophytes; the clinical appearance is characteristic and suggests etiological agent; only in some cases requires mycological confirmation. The treatment of choice is griseofulvin. We report a case with suggestive clinical appearance of tinea Trichophyticus, which was isolated from Microsporum canis.


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