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Med Cutan Iber Lat Am 2006; 34 (5)

Tinea capitis in the elderly: an unusual situation

López Escobar García PM, Raya AC, Maldonado SC, Pérez ON

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 239-241
PDF size: 180.00 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Tinea capitis is very rare in adults. We report a new case of tinea capitis caused by Microsporum canis in a healthy postmenopausal woman. We argue the predisposing factors of the dermatophytoses in adult patients and discuss about the use of terbinafine like first line of treatment in this entity, because of the apparition of resistances.


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