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A rare scalp infection in a 66-year-old woman was successfully treated, leading to full hair regrowth.

Adults with persistent scalp issues unresponsive to typical treatments should be tested for the fungal infection tinea capitis to start the right antifungal medication.

A scalp infection can look like alopecia areata and get worse if treated incorrectly.

Doctors don't use trichoscopy enough, even though it's good for diagnosing hair problems.

A young man was initially misdiagnosed with a scalp condition but was found to have a fungal infection, which improved with antifungal treatment.

New antifungal treatments for a children's scalp infection are effective and safe, but it's not decided if they will become the preferred option over the old treatment.

Treat scalp and beard fungal infections early with oral antifungal medication and sometimes topical therapy, avoiding unnecessary allergy tests and surgery.

Corkscrew hair may be a new sign for quickly diagnosing scalp fungus in black children.

The article concludes that proper antifungal treatment is essential for treating scalp fungal infections in children, and trichoscopy is useful for diagnosis and monitoring.

Tinea capitis should be considered in adults with scalp issues for proper treatment.

The document concludes that terbinafine is effective for treating scalp fungal infections in children and recommends not excluding them from school during treatment, while also highlighting the need for updated treatment guidelines due to changing infection patterns.

Doctors have known about fungal skin infections for a long time, but only made major progress in understanding and treating them since the mid-1800s.

Different patterns on the scalp help diagnose types of hair loss without needing a biopsy.

The document concludes that understanding hair follicle histology and the hair cycle is crucial for diagnosing alopecia.

PCR-ELISA is better for identifying the fungus causing scalp infections in Ugandan children than traditional methods.

Tinea capitis is common among Kolkata school children, especially boys, and hygiene doesn't greatly impact infection rates.

Daily use of antifungal shampoo can hide symptoms and make it hard to diagnose fungal scalp infections.

Trichoscopy is a valuable, quick, and non-invasive tool for diagnosing tinea capitis in children.

Most rural children with scalp ringworm had a non-inflammatory type and early treatment is important to prevent complications.

Terbinafine is the most effective treatment for tinea capitis, a scalp infection often confused with other conditions.

Tinea capitis is a fungal infection of the scalp that mainly affects children and can cause symptoms from mild itching to severe inflammation.

Dermoscopy can help diagnose tinea capitis in children by looking for comma hairs, black dots, and broken hairs with white bands.

A 4-year-old boy's itchy, scaly scalp and hair loss were correctly diagnosed as tinea capitis after initial misdiagnosis.

Most tinea capitis cases in southern Taiwan were in adult women, mainly caused by Trichophyton violaceum.

Tinea capitis can be misdiagnosed as bacterial infection in adult women but is treatable with antifungal medication.

Children with scalp fungal infections need proper diagnosis and treatment, usually with antifungal medications, and newer drugs may offer quicker recovery.

Treating a boy's scalp infection was challenging because two different colors of the same fungus appeared.

A teenage girl with a fungal scalp infection got better with antifungal and allergy medication, and special shampoo.

A woman's scalp infection caused by a fungus led to permanent hair loss and was hard to treat but responded to a specific antifungal.

Most tinea capitis patients were young boys with cat contact, had scaly patches caused by Microsporum canis, and improved with griseofulvin treatment.