Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With prolonged treatment durations, itraconazole proved efficacious in the treatment of patients with tinea ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An 8-year-old girl presents to your office with a rash unresponsive to therapy. She first noticed pink papules ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the azole antifungal luliconazole 1% cream (Luzu, Valeant Pharmaceuticals) to treat fungal infections, the company announced today. Luliconazole ...

In this pilot study, itraconazole was administered to 18 patients with tinea corporis. The dosage was 100 mg daily for four to six weeks. Follow-up visits took place two, four, and six weeks after the ...

Dermatophytosis, or tinea, is a fungal infection involving superficial portions of the skin, hair and nails. The infection is usually caused by one of three genera: Epidermophyton, Microsporum or ...

These pathogens have developed numerous mechanisms that allow them to adhere to the skin. Once there, the pathogens produce keratinases that break down keratin and allow for invasion of the fungi into ...

A treatment-resistant, highly contagious form of the skin infection tinea, better known as ringworm, has been reported in the U.S. for the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Sarah Bradley is a writer with six years of experience creating personal essays, reported features, and content related to health and parenting topics. William Truswell, MD, FACS, operates his own ...

European Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Mar., 1988), pp. 33-38 (6 pages) In an unusual nosocomial outbreak, 13 staff and 11 patients in an acute and chronic health care facility were infected ...

Tinea pedis. Swimmers, runners, soccer, water polo, and basketball players experience tinea pedis in epidemic proportions (Caputo, DeBoulle, DelRosso, & Nowicki, 2001; Mailler & Adams, 2004).