TLDR A teenage girl with a fungal scalp infection got better with antifungal and allergy medication, plus medicated shampoo.
A 19-year-old female patient with tinea capitis presented with baldness and itching, diagnosed through KOH examination revealing spores in hair shafts. She was successfully treated with oral griseofulvin (500 mg twice daily), cetirizine (10 mg daily), and ketoconazole 2% shampoo (three times weekly), showing hair regrowth and resolution of symptoms at 2 and 8-week follow-ups. The case underscores the occurrence of tinea capitis in adolescents, the effectiveness of griseofulvin as a treatment, and the need for considering this condition in differential diagnoses of scalp disorders in this age group, with mycological cure being the definitive treatment endpoint.
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January 2022 in “Eduvest” A teenage girl with a fungal scalp infection got better with antifungal and allergy medication, and special shampoo.
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