Tinea capitis (TC) is a common dermatophyte infection affecting primarily prepubertal children. The causative pathogens belong to only two genera: Trichophyton and Microsporum. Although there is a great local variation in the epidemiology of TC worldwide, T. tonsurans is currently the most common cause of TC with M. canis second. Even though there is an emerging number of anthropophilic scalp i...

Background: Dermatophytosis is a superficial (skin, hair and nails) fungal infection caused by dermatophyte group fungi (Trichophyton, Epidermophyton Microsporum). Immunocompromised conditions cause infections to become more widespread require consideration of therapy.

in the present study, we investigated total cell protein patterns of ten isolates of trichophyton rubrum by sds-page on 12.5% polyacrylamide resolving gels. twenty-two protein bands were detected with molecular weights in the range of 23.2 to 131.8 kd. proteins of 23.2, 25.4, 26.7, 28.2, 30.2, 33.1, 34.7, 38,41.7, 47.9, 52.5, 56.2, 61.7, 67.6, 70.8, 75.9, 80, 84.1, 93.3, 102.3, 114.8, 131.8 wer...

Dematophytosis in domestic animals constitutes a constant source of infection for persons in contact with them. To have an epidemiological picture of zoophilic dermatophyte infections in Iran, a study has been carried out during a period of three years (1986-1989) in an attempt to find the causative dermatophytes which infect cats and cattle and also infected human subjects in contact with ...

background: dermatophytes are the most common causative agents of superficial mycoses. species identification of these fungi is important from therapeutic and epidemiological point of wive. traditional approaches for identification of dermatophytes at the species level, relying on macroscopic and microscopic features of the colonies, usually are time-consuming and unreliable in many circumstanc...