Clinical verification of individualized homoeopathic medicine mercurius solubilis in tinea corporis: A case study

A case of altered clinical picture of extensive tinea corporis (tinea as a great mimicker)

Tinea corporis is a superficial dermatophyte infection. This is a case report of a 45-year-old female presenting with a history of erythematous raised lesions with itching all over the body since one year ago. Based on clinical findings, the lesions were diagnosed as tinea corporis. A KOH smear was carried out and results were negative probably due to application of steroids, and a histopatholo...

Tinea corporis and tinea capitis.

Neonatal tinea corporis.

Clinical images Day 5: widespread indurated truncal plaques due to Trichophyton rubrum superficial dermatophyte infection (A and B) Following chorioamnionitis, a male infant from a remote Indigenous community was born by vaginal breech delivery at 26 weeks’ gestation. On Day 5, indurated, vesicular and erythematous lesions were noted on extensive areas of the back (Box, A and B). Blue light (45...

Tinea corporis in a wrestling team cheerleader☆

A healthy teenage girl presented to our office with a red, itchy rash on her knee and lower leg that started shortly after the start of cheerleading practice for the wrestling team. The patient reported practicing and performing on wrestling mats as a cheerleader. Her primary care physician prescribed triamcinolone, which exacerbated the eruption. On examination, the patient had annular, erythe...

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 ...