Background: Tinea capitis is a relatively common fungal infection in children. Although several oral anti-fungal agents have been used in the treatment of tinea capitis, griseofulvin has been considered as the treatment of choice for a long time. Objective: To compare the therapeutic effects of fluconazole with griseofulvin on tinea capitis. Patients and Methods: Through a randomized, single-bl...

Following studies made on the standardization of a traditional recipe Albizia ferruginea and Newbouldia laevis, we carried out pharmacological effects microorganisms found dermatosis: two bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa three species Epidermophyton. Materials Methods: harvest truck pulps laevis at Eloundem, they were dry for week in an ambient environment, followed by gri...

Abstract Dermatophytosis is a major health problem all over the world including Pakistan. This first report of detection dermatophytes and their antifungal drug resistance in Northern Western parts A total 154 samples were collected from different hospitals Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, out them 136 found positive. Tinea corporis (35%) was most predominant type infection followed by capitis (22%). The fu...

the effect of some ecological factors on the survival of trichophyton violaceum t.mentagrophytes and m. gypseum was studied. three types of sterile soil, weakly alkaline (ph =7.9).neutral (ph=7.1) and acid (ph =5.6), and two conditions of wet and dry environments at different temperatures (-8, +8, + 1s, +3o, i~445 were examined. after 4, 10,15,30,60, and 90 days the survival of these fungi were...