Tinea capitis

• Facts:
  Fungal scalp infection
  Mainly affects children
  Might have inflamed, boggy granuloma of scalp (kerion)
• Diagnosis:
  If hair fluoresces under Wood's lamp, then Mircosporum spp.
  If no fluorescence, then Trichophyton spp.
• Treatment:
  Oral antifungals (eg. terbinafine, fluconazole, itraconazole, griseofulvin)