Fungal Infections of the Nail and Scalp

Robert Baran, MD, is an Honorary Professor at the University of Franche-Comté; Nail Disease Center, Cannes, France. Eckart Haneke, MD, is associated with the Dermatology Practice Dermaticum, Freiburg, Germany; Centro de Dermatología Epidermis, Instituto CUF, Porto, Portugal; Kliniek voor Huidziekten, Universitair Ziekenhuis, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Dermatology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Roderick Hay, FMedSci, is an Emeritus Professor of Cutaneous Infection at Kings College London, and of Dermatology, Queens University Belfast; Consultant Dermatologist, London Bridge Hospital, UK Antonella Tosti, MD, is a Fredric Brandt Endowed Professor of Dermatology at Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA Bertrand Richert-Baran, MD, is Professor of Dermatology, Head and Chair, Brugmann & Saint Pierre University Hospitals, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

List of contributors.

Nails

1. Epidemiology. 2. Anatomy of the nail. 3. Clinical patterns correlated with routes of entry. 4. Clinical differential diagnosis of fungal nail infections. 5. Onychoscopy of onychomycosis. 6. Mycological examination of the nails. 7. Goals for the treatment of onychomycosis. 8. Current Treatments of Onychomycosis. 9. New and emerging therapies for the nail. 10. Preventive measures.

Hair

11. Epidemiology of scalp infection. 12. Anatomy of the scalp. 13. Clinical patterns correlated with routes of entry for the scalp. 14. Clinical differential diagnosis of scalp infection. 15. Trichoscopy of tinea capitis. 16. Mycological examination of the hair. 17. Goals for the treatment of scalp infection. 18. Treatment of tinea capitis. 19. Preventive Measures.

Index.