1. Correlation between dermoscopy and direct microscopy in Tineabarbae.
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Gómez-Moyano E, Martínez Pilar L, Vera Casaño A, Martín González T, Moyano Almagro B, Fernandez Ballesteros MD, Martínez Garcia S, and Godoy Diaz DJ
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- Adult, Dermoscopy standards, Diagnosis, Differential, Face, Facial Dermatoses microbiology, Hair microbiology, Humans, Male, Microscopy standards, Middle Aged, Scalp microbiology, Tinea microbiology, Dermoscopy methods, Facial Dermatoses diagnosis, Microscopy methods, Tinea diagnosis
- Abstract
Tineabarbae is a rare form of dermatophytosis that affects hair follicles of the beard and moustache. Dermoscopy could prove useful to identify parasitism of hair of the beard, just as it has proven useful in the diagnosis of Tineacapitis. We present the first fully documented case series of T. barbae with clinical, dermoscopic and mycological features., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
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- 2021
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