{"id":559965,"date":"2026-07-06T07:26:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/what-should-be-kept-in-mind-when-treating-adult-patients\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T09:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:16:31","slug":"what-should-be-kept-in-mind-when-treating-adult-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/what-should-be-kept-in-mind-when-treating-adult-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"What should be kept in mind when treating adult patients?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tinea capitis is less common in adults, but its incidence is on the rise. From a diagnostic perspective, one should be on the lookout for pathogens that are rather atypical for the disease in children (e.g., <em>T. rubrum<\/em>), as well as consider \u201cside-cut\u201d tinea capitis (caused by <em>T. tonsurans<\/em>), which occasionally occurs after a haircut at a barbershop. For oral treatment of adults, the antifungal medications terbinafine, itraconazole, or fluconazole are options.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fwhat-should-be-kept-in-mind-when-treating-adult-patients%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tinea capitis is less common in adults, but its incidence is on the rise. From a diagnostic perspective, one should be on the lookout for pathogens that are rather atypical&#8230;&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fwhat-should-be-kept-in-mind-when-treating-adult-patients%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":559964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","cat_1_feature_home_top":false,"cat_2_editor_pick":false,"csco_eyebrow_text":"Tinea capitis: Current Guidelines and Recommendations","footnotes":""},"category":[11340,11508,11406,11442,11548],"tags":[94986,95171,78597,91744,95168,95169,95170,73137,39400],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-559965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dermatology-and-venereology","category-education","category-infectiology","category-pharmacology-and-toxicology","category-rx-en","tag-antifungal-medications","tag-fluconazole","tag-guideline-recommendations","tag-itraconazole","tag-side-cut","tag-t-rubrum","tag-t-tonsurans","tag-terbinafine-en","tag-tinea-capitis-en","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-20 12:14:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","id":559154,"slug":"quels-sont-les-points-a-prendre-en-compte-chez-les-patients-adultes","post_title":"Quels sont les points \u00e0 prendre en compte chez les patients adultes ?","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/fr\/quels-sont-les-points-a-prendre-en-compte-chez-les-patients-adultes\/"},"it_IT":{"locale":"it_IT","id":559382,"slug":"cosa-occorre-tenere-presente-nei-pazienti-adulti","post_title":"Cosa occorre tenere presente nei pazienti adulti?","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/it\/cosa-occorre-tenere-presente-nei-pazienti-adulti\/"},"pt_PT":{"locale":"pt_PT","id":559256,"slug":"que-aspetos-devem-ser-tidos-em-conta-no-caso-de-doentes-adultos","post_title":"Que aspetos devem ser tidos em conta no caso de doentes adultos?","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/pt-pt\/que-aspetos-devem-ser-tidos-em-conta-no-caso-de-doentes-adultos\/"},"es_ES":{"locale":"es_ES","id":559497,"slug":"que-aspectos-hay-que-tener-en-cuenta-en-el-caso-de-los-pacientes-adultos","post_title":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 aspectos hay que tener en cuenta en el caso de los pacientes adultos?","href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/es\/que-aspectos-hay-que-tener-en-cuenta-en-el-caso-de-los-pacientes-adultos\/"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559965"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":560083,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559965\/revisions\/560083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=559965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559965"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=559965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}