Terbinafine treatment of Trichophyton equinum infection in a child.
A case of tinea faciae caused by Trichophyton equinum affecting a 5-year-old boy is described. The boy had ridden a pony a month earlier and responded to a 6-week course of treatment with oral and topical terbinafine.
Amor
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Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital de Móstoles, Madrid, Spain. eamors@medynet.com
Gutiérrez
M J
MJ
Lamoneda
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del Palacio
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Pereiro
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D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005138:Eyebrows / Q000382:microbiology*; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000635:transmission; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077291:Terbinafine; D014005:Tinea / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; D000077291:Terbinafine