Rapid response of Trichophyton tonsurans-induced onychomycosis after treatment with terbinafine.
We describe an 8-year-old Hispanic female who presented with distal subungual onychomycosis and tinea capitis. Both foci of infection yielded Trichophyton tonsurans upon culture, and were clinically and mycologically cured with terbinafine 125 mg, once daily for 1 week [DOSAGE ERROR CORRECTED]. This aspect of treatment with terbinafine has not previously been reported.
Aly
Raza
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Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, and Clinical Research Dermatology, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, San Francisco, CA, USA. rzaly@orca.ucsf.edu
Hafeez
Zeba Hasan
ZH
Rodwell
Carmen
C
Frieden
Ilona J
IJ
Abrams
Beatrice
B
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D000077291:Terbinafine; D013997:Time Factors; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; D000077291:Terbinafine