BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Cutaneous fungal infections are a major public health problem. The distribution of the dermatophytoses varies between countries and geographical areas. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence, epidemiology, etiology, and clinical course of the dermatophytoses caused by anthropophilic fungi in Cadiz, Spain, over the past 12 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS The...

Fungal infections of the skin and nails are common global problems with attendant morbidity among affected individuals. Children are mostly affected due to predisposing factors such as overcrowding and low socioeconomic factors. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the clinical patterns of superficial fungal infections among primary school children in Ile-Ife. A multistage ...

We present a 76-year-old Japanese male with tinea faciei, corporis, and unguium dermatophytoma. performed fungal culture confirmed the causative fungus to be Trichophyton rubrum. treated patient using oral fosravuconazole l-lysine ethanolate (F-RVCZ). More than one year has passed since end of treatment, but there been no recurrence. This case suggests that F-RVCZ is effective for other unguium.

Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Trakian University, Medical Faculty,Armeiska street 11, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. Dermatology and Venerology Department, University Hospital of Coimbra Praceta Pinto, 3000 075 Coimbra, Portugal. Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom. Division of Surgical Pathology & Cytopathology, Room 3018, University...

Tinea incognito is a dermatophytosis with atypi-cal clinical manifestation in the absence of the typical " ringworm " (1). The term tinea incognito was originally used in 1968 by Ive and Marks in 14 patients with atypical dermatophytic infection caused by a previous steroid treatment (2). Since then, several cases of tinea incognito have been described after topical application of pimecrolimus ...

Introduction: Tinea faciei, also known as tinea faciale or facial ringworm, is a common infection of the skin on face caused by fungus. In general, infections are quite common, but ringworm happen mostly in teens and young adults anyone with an immunosuppressive disease. Management involves use topical antifungals limited diseases, oral therapy usually reserved for more extensive cases. These a...

Background: The proportion of elderly population keeps on increasing. The number of dermatoses, and fungal infections, in turn continues to increase. There has been a recent upsurge of superficial cutaneous fungal infections. This observational cross sectional study aims to describe the clinico epidemiological pattern of patients presenting with the same, with some investigation as KOH mount an...

surveillance of dermatophytosis is essential to determine the likely changes in etiological trends and distribution profile of this infection. in this study beta tubulin gene (bt2), was used as the first time in a pcr-rflp format to clarify the distribution of dermatophytosis agents in some parts of iran.a total of 603 clinical isolates was obtained from 500 patients in tehran, isfahan, mazanda...