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

Trichoscopy can effectively tell apart tinea capitis and alopecia areata in children by looking for specific hair shapes.

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

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

Trichoscopy is good for telling apart tinea capitis and alopecia areata in kids.

Most tinea capitis cases in Rotterdam were caused by Trichophyton violaceum, mainly affecting Moroccan immigrant children.

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

A scalp infection was treated successfully, leading to full hair regrowth.

Surgery is not the right treatment for a fungal scalp infection; proper medical treatment is needed.

A family got a fungal infection from a boy who had contact with rabbits, but they all recovered with treatment.

Some cases of tinea capitis, a fungal scalp infection, can look like scarring hair loss due to the body's immune response and the fungus itself.

Two patients with a rare scalp fungus in Poland were successfully treated with griseofulvin and ciclopirox.

The hair cuticle acts as a barrier against fungal infection, which occurs only deep within the hair follicle.

Tinea capitis is rare in healthy adults but should be considered in scalp issues.

Corkscrew and cigarette-ash-shaped hairs in tinea capitis are caused by internal hair degradation and external resistance.

Misdiagnosis led to permanent hair loss, stressing the need for proper scalp tests.

A child was initially wrongly diagnosed with a fungal scalp infection but actually had a non-scarring hair loss condition called Temporal Triangular Alopecia.

Tinea capitis is increasingly common in elderly women and requires accurate diagnosis with fungal cultures for effective treatment.

An infant with scalp fungus was cured after extended treatment with antifungal medication.

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

The man's skin condition was finally identified as tinea incognito, a fungal infection.

Proper antifungal treatment is crucial to avoid misdiagnosis and prevent scarring alopecia.

A man's scalp infection, mistaken for bacterial, was actually a rare fungal infection treated successfully with antifungal medication.

Women treated with X-ray for scalp fungus as children had a higher chance of hair loss, especially with higher radiation doses and severe fungus infections.

A 6-year-old girl in the U.S. had a rare scalp infection caused by *Trichophyton soudanense*.

Women who lost hair from childhood head radiation are more likely to face mental health issues than men.

A fungus called Epidermophyton floccosum can cause scalp infections.

Trichoscopy is useful for correctly diagnosing tinea capitis in adults with unexplained hair loss.

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

A woman with a scalp infection and herpes recovered fully after treatment.