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  2. Tinea capitis - Wikipedia

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    Tinea capitis caused by species of Microsporum and Trichophyton is a contagious disease that is endemic in many countries. Affecting primarily pre- pubertal children between 6 and 10 years, it is more common in males than females; rarely does the disease persist past age sixteen. [ 17 ]

  3. Dermatophytosis - Wikipedia

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    Tinea pedis + onychomycosis, Tinea corporis, Tinea capitis are the most common dermatophytosis found in humans across the world. [34] Tinea capitis has a greater prevalence in children. [ 31 ] The increasing prevalence of dermatophytes resulting in Tinea capitis has been causing epidemics throughout Europe and America. [ 34 ]

  4. List of types of tinea - Wikipedia

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    Treatment of tinea capitis requires an oral antifungal agent; griseofulvin is the most commonly used drug, but other newer antimycotic drugs, such as terbinafine, itraconazole, and fluconazole have started to gain acceptance, topical treatment include selenium sulfide shampoo.

  5. Favus - Wikipedia

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    Favus (Latin for "honeycomb") or tinea favosa is the severe form of tinea capitis, a skin infectious disease caused by the dermatophyte fungus Trichophyton schoenleinii. Typically the species affects the scalp , [ 2 ] but occasionally occurs as onychomycosis , tinea barbae , or tinea corporis .

  6. Microsporum audouinii - Wikipedia

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    Tinea capitis is seen in tropical, rural and suburban regions. [10] In the 19th and early 20th centuries, M. audouinii was the primary fungus responsible for Tinea capitis throughout the US and Western Europe. [10] [11] With the advent of antimycotic agents, its prevalence has decreased. [10]

  7. What Are the Side Effects of Topical Finasteride? - AOL

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    Tinea capitis. Tinea capitis, or scalp ringworm, is a type of fungal infection that develops on your scalp and in your hair follicles. It can cause patchy hair loss that affects different parts of ...

  8. List of skin conditions - Wikipedia

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    Tinea capitis (herpes tonsurans, ringworm of the hair, ringworm of the scalp, scalp ringworm, tinea tonsurans) Tinea corporis (ringworm, tinea circinata, tinea glabrosa) Tinea corporis gladiatorum; Tinea cruris (crotch itch, eczema marginatum, gym itch, jock itch, ringworm of the groin) Tinea faciei; Tinea imbricata (tokelau) Tinea incognito ...

  9. Ringworm affair - Wikipedia

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    The ringworm affair refers to circumstances involving an alleged number of 20,000 to 200,000 Jews who were treated between 1948 and 1960 for tinea capitis (ringworm) with ionizing radiation to the head and neck area within Israel.