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Tinea capitis favosa in Poland
Author(s) -
Niczyporuk W.,
KrajewskaKułak E.,
Łukaszuk C.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.00985.x
Subject(s) - tinea capitis , griseofulvin , dermatology , medicine
Summary Tinea capitis favosa is uncommon in Europe. We describe two patients who had local alopecia caused by Trichophyton schoenleinii . In the first case, we observed good clinical response after griseofulvin treatment and in the second case after topical application of ciclopirox cream.