Treatment of ringworm of the scalp.

Use of terbinafine 250 mg in the treatment of ectothrix ringworm: A case report

Background: Tinea capitis is the term used for scalp infections caused by dermatophyte fungi. Tinea capitis is common in children and is less common in adults. Case Report: The case was a 9-year-old girl with itchy patches of alopecia on the. The patient had a cat as a pet. On examination, the patch of hair loss was itchy and the hair shaft was broken and scales were mild. In the examination w...

Studies in Ringworm. Part II. Therapy of Tinea Capitis by Gonadotropic Hormones

Tkeatment of tinea capitis (ringworm of the scalp) in children has always been unsatisfactory. The multiplicity of the drugs used and the procedures mentioned in the textbooks make it difficult to formulate a routine method of treatment. Local antiseptics by themselves are not of much value, as the drugs cannot penetrate the skin to the root of the hair and control the infection inside the hair...

Studies of Ringworm. Part IV. Incidence of Trichophyton Gypseum in India *Read at the Indian Science Congress held in January 1947 at Delhi.

. Trichophyton gypseuni Bodin 1902 or any ot its many variants has not been recorded in India as yet. It is the cause of the small-spored ectothrix trichophytosis in man. Being of animal origin it produces more inflammatory reactions than other ringworm fungi. In children.?It causes the ringworm of the scalp (Tinea capitis) often producing the condition called the 1 kerion ' in which the affect...

Clinical Trial of Butylphenamide in the Treatment of Certain Varieties of Ringworm

THIS report concerns the topical use of butylphenamide* in the treatment of some of the common varieties of ringworm of the scalp and body. Laboratory data dealing with fungicidal effect "in vitro" and the absence of signs of toxicity in experimental animals suggested that butylphenamide would be a more valuable fungicide than any of the many others available. Our clinical impression is that th...

Notes on Common Skin Diseases II. Ringworm of the Scalp

Ringworm and Alopecia Areata: Their Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment

f.r.c.s. Eng.; Medical Officer, Christs Hospital, London. Fourth Edition, 8vo. Pp. 327. Price 10s. 6d (H. K. Lewis, London.) This valuable monograph, on a subject of the first importance to Medical Officers of large Schools as well as to the general practitioner, has been entirely rewritten in the light of the latest available knowledge of the parasitology of the subject. Its bulk has grown con...