A Case of Tinea Corporis Caused by Trichophyton verrucosum

Fulminant papulopustular tinea corporis caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes.

Anja Bornkessel*, Mirjana Ziemer, Siegrid Yu, Christina Hipler and Peter Elsner Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Erfurter Str. 35, D-07743 Jena, Germany, and Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. *E-mail: [email protected] [The first two authors contributed equally to the writing of this paper.] Accept...

Trichophyton schoenleinii causing Tinea corporis: A rare etiological agent

1 Senior Resident, 2 Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology DRPGMC Tanda. Abstract Dermatophytosis is a superficial fungal infection confined to the stratum corneum and appendages of the skin. Health education, timely diagnosis and treatment has brought down the fungal infection rate in developed countries but it is still common in developing countries. Tinea corporis refers to all the ...

Clinico-etiological Study of Tinea Corporis: Emergence of Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Background: Tinea corporis is a superficial fungal infection of the glabrous skin of the trunk and extremities caused by closely related organisms of the three genera – Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton, collectively known as dermatophytes. The prevalence of the different species varies according to geographic and climatic regions. Trichophyton rubrum has been reported from various ...

Tinea capitis caused by Trichophyton equinum.

Tinea capitis caused by Trichophyton rubrum.

Tinea capitis is seldom caused by Trichophyton rubrum. A case is reported in a young British child and the literature reviewed.