HOMEPRODUCTSCOMPANYCONTACTFAQResearchDictionaryPharmaSign Up FREE or Login

[Tinea capitis: clinical features and therapeutic alternatives].

Abstract
A descriptive observational and cross-sectional study was carried out. The clinical characteristics, etiologic agents, treatments and outcome of 33 cases of tinea capitis in the Mycology Unit at Francisco J. Muñiz Hospital of Buenos Aires City between January 2015 and December 2019 were analyzed. The median age of the patients was 7 years, 21 of whom were male, 3 were HIV-positive and 22 had pets. The isolated etiologic agents were the following: Microsporum canis in 22 cases, Trichophyton tonsurans in 8, Nannizzia gypsea in 2 and Trichophyton mentagrophytes in one patient. Suppurative tinea capitis (krion Celsi) was detected in 10 cases and the same number of patients presented other skin locations of their dermatophytosis in addition to those in the scalp. Twenty-one cases were orally treated with griseofulvin and 12 with terbinafine. Those patients with suppurative tinea capitis received drops of betamethasone by mouth besides the antifungal drugs. All patients had good clinical and mycological response to the treatments, all lesions disappeared, and mycological studies turned negative by the end of the treatments. We conclude that both drugs were effective for the treatment of tinea capitis; however, lesions in those cases receiving terbinafine involuted more slowly.
AuthorsFernando Messina, Laura Walker, María de Las Mercedes Romero, Alicia Irene Arechavala, Ricardo Negroni, Roxana Depardo, Emmanuel Marin, Gabriela María Santiso
JournalRevista Argentina de microbiologia (Rev Argent Microbiol) 2021 Oct-Dec Vol. 53 Issue 4 Pg. 309-313 ISSN: 0325-7541 [Print] Argentina
Vernacular TitleTinea capitis: aspectos clínicos y alternativas terapéuticas.
PMID33618899 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2021 Asociación Argentina de Microbiología. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Naphthalenes
  • Griseofulvin
  • Terbinafine
Topics
  • Antifungal Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Child
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Griseofulvin (therapeutic use)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Naphthalenes
  • Terbinafine (therapeutic use)
  • Tinea Capitis (diagnosis, drug therapy, epidemiology)
  • Trichophyton

Join CureHunter, for free Research Interface BASIC access!

Take advantage of free CureHunter research engine access to explore the best drug and treatment options for any disease. Find out why thousands of doctors, pharma researchers and patient activists around the world use CureHunter every day.
Realize the full power of the drug-disease research graph!


Choose Username:
Email:
Password:
Verify Password:
Enter Code Shown: