A 7-year-old boy was brought for evaluation of a rash on the chin that had appeared 2 weeks earlier. It was slightly itchy. The mother had applied a topical corticosteroid for a few days but then stopped because of worsening of the lesion. The erythematous, scaly lesion with a well-defined border on this boy's face is characteristic of tinea faciei. As the lesion spreads peripherally, the cente...

BACKGROUND Tinea pedis is a common skin disease affecting most of the population during their lifetime. Topical and systemic treatments give only temporary relief. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new topical treatment for moderate-to-severe tinea pedis. METHODS Fifty patients suffering from tinea pedis were treated in two stages: the active stage--single use of the novel ...

BACKGROUND Tinea capitis affects mainly children. The frequency and causative organism vary from region to region. OBJECTIVES To provide epidemiological and mycological data on tinea capitis collected in urban and rural areas of the Dominican Republic. METHODS Samples were obtained from 118 patients with tinea capitis. Sixty-three of these were from 2 schools in urban areas of the Dominican...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to characterize the role of the human cathelicidin LL-37 in fungal skin infections such as dermatophytosis and tinea versicolor. METHODS The in vitro antimicrobial activity of synthetic antimicrobial peptides including the human cathelicidin LL-37 against Malassezia furfur and several dermatophytes was determined. Immunostaining was performed to determine ex...

CONTEXT Cutaneous infections are common in wrestlers. Although many are simply a nuisance in the everyday population, they can be problematic to wrestlers because such infections may result in disqualification from practice or competition. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are therefore important. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Medline and PubMed databases, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and...

Tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) is the most common superfi cial fungal infection of the foot. Studies conducted worldwide and in Turkey have shown that superfi cial fungal infections are among the most common skin diseases (1-4). Some of the fungi in nature are known to be pathogenic in humans and animals. These microorganisms do not exist in the deep tissues of the human body but tend to be local...

Dermatophyte infections are common worldwide, and dermatophytes the prevailing causes of fungal infection skin, hair, nails. In a country like India, where there’s deficit original studies dermatophytosis its treatment, it’s getting unstintingly clear that experience- grounded treatment is ruling roots proving to be more effective than standard guidelines handed in current literature one freque...