OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence of tinea capitis, tinea pedis, and tinea unguium in children from several schools of Barcelona city. METHODS During the period of 2003-2004, a prospective cross-sectional study was carried out in 1,305 children (9% immigrant population) between the ages 3 and 15 in 17 schools in Barcelona. A systematic examination of the feet, (including nails and scalp), ...

BACKGROUND In recent years, skin diseases in wrestling have finally received the attention they deserve. Outbreaks of tinea corporis are often associated with sports involving extensive bodily contact; such sports include wrestling. Tinea corporis gladiatorum is primarily caused by Trichophyton tonsurans, infecting wrestlers at alarming rates. The management of skin infections in wrestlers and ...

background: tinea pedis is probably the commonest form of dermatophy10ses in developed countries and is one of the public heath problems. the wearing of shoes and resultant maceration of toe cleft predisposes to this condition. the aim of this survey was study of conditions and prevalence or tinea pedis in health stave of hamadan, sina hospital. methods: a quality descriptive cross sectional st...

I. Ringworm fungi. This is a very large class, but we need refer only to the following types:(a) Microspora. (b) Trichophyta. (c) Achoria. (d) Epidermophyta. The microspora have small spores in mosaic arrangement, and are found in profusion on the hair surface. They are responsible for most of the scalp ringworm in this country, and are ,either conveyed by human infection (M. audouini-the large...

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> With changing climatic conditions, socio-demographic profile, economic conditions and occupational profile of the population, dermatophyte infections is also changing. Hence, study was done to find out prevalence various clinical pattern dermatophytosis correlate diagnosis with KOH positivity fungal culture positivity.</p>...

Participants: A total of 108 patients were enrolled, when the clinical signs and symptoms of tinea pedis were confirmed by a KOH-microscopy. The two groups were similar in patient characteristics (age, weight, gender, height). Main exclusion criteria were if the tinea pedis was the ‘moccasin’ or plantar type, if the tinea pedis was with concomitant onychomycosis or if any concomitant therapy wi...