[3] Although griseofulvin remains the recommended therapy, terbinafine, itraconazole [4] and fluconazole [5] have been reported to show efficacy in the treatment of tinea capitis in children.

Before 1958, when griseofulvin was first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for systemic treatment of tinea capitis, the only available treatments were shaving the head ...