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Tinea Capitis in an Immigrant Pediatric Community; A Clinical Signs-Based Treatment Approach

2021-04-01

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Tinea capitis is a common cutaneous infection of the scalp and hair follicles, typically diagnosed by direct examination and culture. Treatment with oral antifungals is usually withheld until mycology results are available. In Israel, African refugee children demonstrate higher susceptibility to Tinea capitis and generally fail to undergo follow-up evaluations. This study aimed to identify the clinical characteris...

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Literature Corpus work: 26b846df-9e4b-5ffb-ae92-7ed22a94f4d1
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-378174/v1

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