Skin Problems & Treatments Health Center

Citations

1. American Academy of Pediatrics (2009). Tinea capitis (ringworm of the scalp). In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 28th ed., pp. 661-662. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

2. American Public Health Association (2008). Tinea barbae and tinea capitis. In DL Heymann, ed., Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 19th ed., pp. 172-174. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.

Other Works Consulted

• American Academy of Pediatrics (2009). Tinea corporis (ringworm of the body). In LK Pickering, ed., Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 28th ed., p. 663. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

• American Public Health Association (2008). Dermatophytosis. In DL Heymann, ed., Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 19th ed., pp. 172-179. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.

• Elewski BE, et al. (2008). Terbinafine hydrochloride oral granules versus oral griseofulvin suspension in children with tinea capitis: Results of two randomized, investigator-blinded, multicenter, international, controlled trials. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 59(1): 41-54.

• Hall JC (2010). Dermatologic mycology. In JC Hall, ed., Sauer’s Manual of Skin Diseases, 10th ed., pp. 246-266. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

• Higgins EM (2010). Tinea capitis. In MG Lebwohl et al., eds., Treatment of Skin Disease: Comprehensive Therapeutic Strategies, 3rd ed., pp. 736-739. Edinburgh: Saunders Elsevier.

• Verma S, Heffernan MP (2008). Superficial fungal infection: Dermatophytosis, onychomycosis, tinea nigra, piedra. In K Wolff et al., eds., Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 7th ed., vol 2, pp. 1807-1821. New York: McGraw Hill.