British Association of Dermatologists’ guidelines for the management of tinea capitis 2014 L.C. Fuller, R.C. Barton, M.F. Mohd Mustapa, L.E. Proudfoot, S.P. Punjabi and E.M. Higgins Department of Dermatology, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, U.K. Department of Microbiology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX, U.K. British Association of Dermatologists, Willan Ho...

BACKGROUND Tinea capitis is a common dermatophyte infection which constitutes an important public health problem among children worldwide. The endemic nature of scalp ringworm in Africa is perpetuated mainly by the lack of knowledge about the prevalence and carrier status, and the absence of control measures. METHODS Two hundred and nineteen schoolchildren from urban and rural communities of ...

This study examined cervical neuromuscular adaptations to resistance training. The ResX group performed conventional resistance training plus head-extension exercise. Another group performed only conventional resistance training, and the control group performed no resistance exercise. Muscle use during head extension was determined by quantifying shifts in T2 in serial-transaxial magnetic reson...

Infective endocarditis is most frequent in over 65 years old subjects, often due to Streptococci and Staphylococci . Among uncommon pathogens, only twelve cases of natural valve endocarditis by Staphylococcus capitis with mean age of seventy years have been described (the younger patient is 29 and the oldest 80 years old) 2 . Among these cases, six are mitralic, four aortic and one both . The i...