Tinea capitis in adults in southern Spain. A 17-year epidemiological study.

CONCLUSIONS: This series of tinea capitis in adults is one of the largest to date. It shows that tinea capitis is not uncommon among the immunocompetent adult population. In our geographical area, except for prepubescent patients, most cases affecting the adult population were caused by species of the genus Trichophyton. In these cases the treatment of choice was oral terbinafine, which considerably shortened the treatment time, and was associated with fewer side effects than the classical griseofulvin.
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Source: Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia - January 13, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Lova-Navarro M, Gómez-Moyano E, Martínez Pilar L, Fernandez-Ballesteros MD, Godoy-Díaz DJ, Vera-Casaño A, Crespo-Erchiga V Tags: Rev Iberoam Micol Source Type: research