This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on Web of Science (9)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

EDMOND EDELSON, M.D.; CHARLES CRASTER, M.D., D.P.H.; AARON HASKIN, M.D., M.P.H.; William B. Ignatoff, D.Sc.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1951;64(4):444-448.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

THE INCREASE in the incidence of tinea capitis of the anthropophilic type, which has often assumed epidemic proportions during the past several years, has clearly demonstrated the need for a simplified form of effective treatment.

Many therapeutic approaches have been abandoned as unsatisfactory, and others have met with varying degrees of success. For example, the use of trichophytin injections produced equivocal results and was discarded.¹ Similarly, the topical administration of hormones proved of only dubious value.² The proper application of trimethyl cetyl ammonium pentachlorphenate (T. C. A. P.)³ required diligent care for several hours daily, and the use of this product was therefore relinquished as impracticable. While fatty-acid compounds have merits in the treatment of mycoses of the glabrous skin, they are ineffectual against tinea capitis. Salicylanilide ointment is attended by better results, but it still leaves much to be desired. Against this background, we welcomed the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEWARK, N. J.

From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, Newark Board of Health Clinics.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?