In this pilot study, itraconazole was administered to 18 patients with tinea corporis. The dosage was 100 mg daily for four to six weeks. Follow-up visits took place two, four, and six weeks after the ...

Ringworm is a fungal infection that causes a ring shape on the skin and other symptoms. Treatment may vary by the part of the body affected but typically involves oral or topical antifungals. Ringworm ...

Clinical Preceptor, University of San Diego, San Diego, California; Nurse Practitioner, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, San Marcos, California. In my practice, I always do a test to ...

Medications for ringworm include clotrimazole cream and other over-the-counter drugs. But doctors sometimes prescribe antifungal drugs, such as oral terbinafine. Ringworm infections are very common ...

A 30-year-old mixed martial arts fighter whose training partners had recently received diagnoses of tinea corporis presented with a 4-week history of pruritic cutaneous lesions. He had no relevant ...

Luzu, an azole antifungal, is indicated for the topical treatment of interdigital tinea pedis, tinea cruris, and tinea corporis caused by the organisms Trichophyton rubrum and Epidermophyton floccosum ...

Reviews of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 9, Supplement 1. First International Symposium on Itraconazole (Jan. - Feb., 1987), pp. S104-S108 (5 pages) Itraconazole, the first orally active triazole ...

Tinea pedis. Swimmers, runners, soccer, water polo, and basketball players experience tinea pedis in epidemic proportions (Caputo, DeBoulle, DelRosso, & Nowicki, 2001; Mailler & Adams, 2004).

Tinea is commonly known as ringworm, a fungal infection that can be found anywhere on the body. It gets its name because of the circular rash it causes. The name of the infection is determined by ...