Studies of Ringworm. Part III. Prophylactic Measures
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J-N the tropics ringworm infection of the body is not only common but difficult to avoid afld more difficult to cure. In any skin outpatient department the number of cases of der^atomycosis is quite large. In Calcutta, 20 Per cent of the total number of patients with skin disease come for the treatment of ringworm infection, i.e. about 2,000 new cases every year. To this may be added quite an Appreciable number who come for treatment of Some other complaints but have the ringworm infection as well, and many others who suffer from ringworm but do not come for treatment. Some have chronic infection with the nails and a large area of the body affected, and have given up treatment in despair, others overlook the early infection or neglect the treatment, as the infection does not cause much inconveniInfection of the feet, between the toes, deserves special mention. It has been our experience that even intelligent and educated people overlook or often neglect this infection
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Studies of Ringworm. Part IV. Incidence of Trichophyton Gypseum in India *Read at the Indian Science Congress held in January 1947 at Delhi.
. Trichophyton gypseuni Bodin 1902 or any ot its many variants has not been recorded in India as yet. It is the cause of the small-spored ectothrix trichophytosis in man. Being of animal origin it produces more inflammatory reactions than other ringworm fungi. In children.?It causes the ringworm of the scalp (Tinea capitis) often producing the condition called the 1 kerion ' in which the affect...
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