1  fungal infections annually, with 80% having tinea capitis.

2  whom clinical information was available had tinea capitis.

3 tion dermoscopy may enhance the diagnosis of tinea capitis and be of help to better understand some p

4 infections as certain dermatophytoses (i.e., tinea capitis) are more frequent in children than adults

5 y was to evaluate the dermoscopic aspects of tinea capitis at high magnification (x150) and its diagn

6                                              Tinea capitis caused by Trichophyton tonsurans remains t

7 tonsurans is the major pediatric pathogen in tinea capitis, causing disparate disease presentations.

8 e study included 17,734 individuals from the Tinea Capitis cohort (7,408 irradiated in childhood and

9                               Infection with tinea capitis in childhood is a common, age-old problem

10 hyton soudanense, which are common causes of tinea capitis in parts of Africa and West Asia, have onl

11 eports suggesting an increasing incidence of tinea capitis in some areas and increasing clinical fail

12 on tonsurans is now the most common cause of tinea capitis in the United States.

13 t advances in the diagnosis and treatment of tinea capitis include a renewed interest in the use of t

14 omising new medications for the treatment of tinea capitis, including terbinafine, itraconazole, and

15 ost infectious diseases, the epidemiology of tinea capitis is in a constant state of flux and varies

16                                              Tinea capitis is of public health importance because of

17 a hairs" as a typical dermoscopic feature of tinea capitis observed at low magnification (x10).

18 n is a striking increase in the incidence of tinea capitis, particularly among African-Americans.

19                                       In the Tinea Capitis Study, we assessed the association between

20 ecade that have investigated the response of tinea capitis to griseofulvin, the mainstay treatment fo

21 matophyte isolates obtained from a worldwide tinea capitis trial were compared to their susceptibilit