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Table 4 Anti-mycotic treatment dosage and duration

From: Tinea capitis in an immigrant pediatric community; a clinical signs-based treatment approach

Participants

Line

Drug

Dose

Duration (week)

Eradication (n/N)

Therapy replacement

Therapy stopped

53

1

Griseofulvin

50 mg/kg/day

8

49/53

4

1

18

2a

6

18/18

0

0

3

8

3/3

0

0

21

1

Fluconazole

7.5–10 mg/kg/day

10

0/21

20

1

  1. a Griseofulvin as second line was given after therapeutic failure with fluconazole