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Pediatrics infectious disease update: Tinea capitis

The Dermatology Digest

We have also learned that one of the things that protects us from fungal infections in our scalp are medium-chain triglycerides, which are present in sebum. The standard of care for griseofulvin is that if a child is on more than 10 to 12 weeks of therapy, people order blood tests. Are blood tests necessary? Length of treatment varies.

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Nodular Acne

First Derm

1] The development process of nodular acne begins with the clogging of hair follicles by excess oil (sebum) and dead skin cells. conducted a study in 2019 to observe and document the evolution of the nodules in nodular acne and reports that the evolution takes place in one of two ways. of cases, while 31.8% of the cases.

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Acne Nodulocystica (Nodular acne)

First Derm

1] The development process of nodular acne begins with the clogging of hair follicles by excess oil (sebum) and dead skin cells. conducted a study in 2019 to observe and document the evolution of the nodules in nodular acne and reports that the evolution takes place in one of two ways. of cases, while 31.8% of the cases.