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This review discusses cases of ringworm of the scalp, highlighting the potential for spontaneous cure when the infection is caused by an organism pathogenic to animals, and reports no new clinical results.

This case reported that a 6-year-old patient with scalp lesions, diagnosed with tinea capitis and head lice, successfully responded to a new treatment regimen including griseofulvin, permethrin, and prednisolone, highlighting the need for better diagnosis and interprofessional communication.

This study found that Mitracarpus hirtus extracts showed potential antifungal activity against Tinea capitis in vitro, with ethylacetate extracts demonstrating the highest inhibitory effects.

This review discusses updated guidance on treating scalp ringworm in children, emphasizing newer antifungal drugs, but does not report new clinical results.

A fungal infection can look like a different scalp condition in teens, leading to wrong treatment until proper tests are done.

This case report describes a 5-year-old girl with an extensive Microsporum canis scalp infection, highlighting griseofulvin as the preferred treatment and noting corticosteroids' benefit in severe inflammatory cases.

This article reviews common scalp and hair disorders in children and adolescents and outlines diagnostic approaches, but reports no new clinical findings.

More research is needed to understand hair and scalp disorders in children with skin of color.

In this case report, a 28-year-old woman's tinea capitis, diagnosed using a Wood's lamp, was successfully treated with oral itraconazole and ketoconazole shampoo over eight weeks.

This case report describes a rare instance of dissecting cellulitis of the scalp in a White child, which is uncommon in pediatric cases and presented challenges in diagnosis and treatment.

This study observed that infections are the most common cause of hair disorders among children visiting clinics, with tinea capitis and pediculosis capitis more prevalent in urban areas, while rural areas showed higher rates of seborrheic dermatitis and alopecia areata.

The document concludes that scalp disorders can be treated with hair washing, specific shampoos, medications, and sometimes surgery or hair transplants, but hereditary baldness is untreatable.

This article discusses the uses and techniques of trichoscopy for hair and scalp disorders and reports no new clinical results.

This review discusses various causes and treatments of scalp pruritus, distinguishing between conditions with primary skin lesions and those without, but provides no new clinical results.

The study found Microsporum canis to be the most common cause of tinea capitis in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, with griseofulvin and topical imidazole effectively treating the infection.

This report describes a rare case of Trichophyton violaceum infection with conidia formation in a young boy, likely contracted in Dalian, China, and documents a method for visualizing conidia formation.

The document concludes that while some hair and scalp disorders can be treated, hair loss from destroyed follicles is permanent, and damaged hair can only regrow naturally.

This case study reports that a 9-year-old Nepalese boy with tinea capitis successfully recovered with systemic antifungal therapy, though experienced focal alopecia without recurrence at a two-year follow-up.

This guideline review discusses updated evidence-based recommendations for managing tinea capitis, with a focus on accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and prevention strategies, but reports no new clinical results.

This review presents European guidelines for treating tinea capitis, noting systemic antifungals are essential, with griseofulvin preferred for Microsporum infections and newer antifungals viable for Trichophyton but often costlier.

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

This study reported an increase in tinea capitis in Stockholm children, mainly caused by Trichophyton violaceum and associated with immigration from Africa and family spread.

HIV can cause various nail and hair disorders, important for early diagnosis and treatment.

This review discusses treatment options for tinea capitis in children and reports no new clinical results; the authors recommend newer antifungal agents in cases of griseofulvin treatment failure.

This review discusses the challenges in diagnosing tinea capitis and highlights the need for laboratory confirmation and systemic treatment due to the limited effectiveness of topical antifungals; no new clinical results are presented.

This review discusses systemic antifungal treatments for tinea capitis in children, noting that newer agents like terbinafine and itraconazole require shorter courses than the traditional griseofulvin, but may be more costly.

This study at Mbarara University of Science and Technology found that T. violaceum is the most common cause of tinea capitis in children in Western Uganda, and systemic therapy is preferred over topical treatments for effective management due to the nature of the infection.

This study found that trichoscopy can rapidly and noninvasively diagnose tinea capitis and alopecia areata in pediatric patients by identifying specific hair patterns associated with each condition.

This case report describes three adults with inflammatory tinea capitis mimicking bacterial infection, emphasizing the need to consider this diagnosis in similar cases; all were successfully treated with oral antifungal agents.

This study found that in Jordanian children, tinea capitis, alopecia areata, and telogen effluvium were the most common causes of hair loss, with nutritional deficiencies such as iron and zinc deficiency also noted as significant factors.