Kelompok jamur dermatofita merupakan penyebab terjadinya infeksi tinea pedis yang terdapat pada sela-sela jari kaki dan telapak ditandai dengan adanya maserasi berupa kulit putih rapuh. Kondisi tempat tinggal di lingkungan kampung nelayan sangat padat penduduk, sehingga potensi kontak langsung kurang bersih dapat menjadi salah satu faktor pedis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kejadia...

BACKGROUND Although tinea unguium in children has been studied in the past, no specific etiological agents of onychomycosis in children has been reported in Korea. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate onychomycosis in Korean children. METHODS We reviewed fifty nine patients with onychomycosis in children (0~18 years of age) who presented during the ten-year period between ...

Several years ago (1, 2) we conducted studies attempting to deliberately produce tinea pedis by immersing the healthy (fungus-free) feet of volunteer subjects in suspensions of living dermatophytes for 30 minutes. The source of these fungi was either fragmented cultures of dermatophytes or the foot bath water of persons with myeologically proven, clinically active tinea pedis. Among 68 subjects...

A total of 95 clinically diagnosed cases of dermatophytosis over a period of two years attending the department of Dermatology, RIMS, Hospital, Imphal, Manipur were studied mycologically in the Department of Microbiology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, Manipur . Out of the total cases, by direct microscopy in KOH wet mount examination showed 39(41.05%) cases were positiv...

The purpose of the study was to determine if six weeks of plyometric training can improve an athlete's agility. Subjects were divided into two groups, a plyometric training and a control group. The plyometric training group performed in a six week plyometric training program and the control group did not perform any plyometric training techniques. All subjects participated in two agility tests:...

The warm tropical climate of the Philippines and its interaction with cultural practices, occupation and immune responsiveness contribute to the increased susceptibility of Filipinos to fungal infections. An investigation to determine the prevalence of fungal infections in dermatology training institutions over a 4-year period was conducted. The results showed that fungal infections rank as the...

Luliconazole is a novel imidazole derivative, which has demonstrated in vitro efficacy against dermatophytes and Candida. The results from Phase III trials show that luliconazole 1% cream applied once daily for 2 weeks successfully resolved the clinical signs and symptoms as well as eradicated the pathologic fungi, which cause tinea pedis. A 1-week treatment with luliconazole 1% cream also prod...