Causal Agents, Clinical Presentations and Management of Fungal Skin and Nail Infections
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Superficial fungal infections are caused by dermatophytes plus candida and pityrosporum yeasts. Dermatophytosis is usually classified clinically according to the site of involvement: tinea capitis (scalp), T. corporis (body), T. cruris (groin), T. pedis (feet) and T. unguium (nails). One-half of all the cases of T. capitis and T. corporis are caused by zoophilic fungi, the rest due to anthropophilic fungi.
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