Mount the Menace! – Potassium hydroxide in superficial fungal infections
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Superficial fungal infections.
Tinea capitis, tinea corporis, and pityriasis versicolor are common superficial fungal infections in the pediatric population. • Tinea capitis is the most common dermatophyte infection worldwide. In North America, the cause is almost exclusively T tonsurans. Diagnosis of tinea capitis usually can be made by clinical features alone, especially when occipital or postauricular lymphadenopathy is p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2319-7250
DOI: 10.4103/2319-7250.296851