RINGWORM OF THE NAILS.

Studies on Ringworm. Part V. Fungus Diseases of the Nails and the Surrounding Tissues

This is a report on the investigation of the diseases of the nails and the surrounding tissues caused by fungus infections. The investigation was confined to the isolation and study of the fungi present in the lesions, which are presumably the causative organisms of the diseases of the nails and the tissues immediately surrounding them, causing perionychia. Only those cases were selected in whi...

Consideration of Types of Ringworm

Ringworm of the Scalp in India

Out of 53 consecutive cases of tinea o scalp that have been seen at the Cl1 a School of Tropical Medicine during the as three years 20 have been found to be caused by Trichophyton violaceum; the remainder wer caused by Microsporon audouini with the exception of two cases of favus. These 20 cases of T. violaceum infection included five Europeans, twelve Mohammed and three Marwaris. No case was o...

Treatment of ringworm of the scalp.

In the control of an epidemic of cholera the importance of complete freedom from cholera vibrio of the stools of cases treated by seven-day drug therapy, and the prophylactic treatment of contacts with the drug, is emphasized. The role of two properties of this drug-namely, the absence of toxic action and slow absorption and slow excretion-is discussed in its bearing on future sulpha therapy as...

Ringworm in lactating sows

A 100-sow farrow-to-feeder farm with an outdoor gestation lot had a 4-year history of ring-like skin lesions in lactating sows. On average, 90% of sows in each 5-week batch developed lesions within a week of entering the farrowing house. Lesions beginning as 2to 3-cm circles of dark, crusty skin coalesced into larger areas on the back, sides, and ventral abdomen. No etiologic agent was identifi...