Abstract
ABSTRACT In a preliminary report1 evidence was submitted that a 0.2% ointment of podophyllum resin (podophyllin), in an aquaphor® (an oxycholesterol-petrolatum ointment base) or a polyethylene glycol (carbowax®) base, had a beneficial affect upon the course in several cases of tinea capitis. Further clinical trial of this medication, while producing results not quite up to earlier expectations, indicated that podophyllum resin was sometimes a useful agent in the treatment of this rather recalcitrant disease.PRESENT INVESTIGATIONS In every case the diagnosis was made both clinically and by the presence of fluorescence under the Wood light. It was further confirmed by microscopic examination of the hair and subsequent culture. Each patient was given the routine instructions for the treatment of tinea capitis and a supply of 0.2% podophyllum resin in carbo wax® 1500 and each was instructed to apply the ointment twice daily, carefully avoiding contact with his eyes. Every patient
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