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MicrobiologyOpen, 2022 Dermal fungal infections seem to have increased over recent years. There is further a shift from anthropophilic dermatophytes to a growing prevalence of zoophilic species and the emergence of resistant strains.
Sarah Fink +5 more
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Nannizzia polymorpha as Rare Cause of Skin Dermatophytosis
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Nannizzia polymorpha is a dermatophyte that rarely infects humans. We describe 2 case-patients from Asia who had an inflammatory type of tinea capitis and tinea manuum caused by infection with this fungus. The diagnosis was confirmed on the basis of the
Pei-Lun Sun +3 more
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Diagnosis of dermatophytes: from microscopy to direct PCR [PDF]
Microbiology Australia, 2022 Dermatophyte fungi are a common cause of skin, nail and hair infections globally, ranging from mild to cosmetically disfiguring, or even invasive infections in rare cases.
Gerhard F. Weldhagen, Sarah E. Kidd
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Tinea Capitis: Mixed or Consecutive Infection with White and Violet Strains of Trichophyton violaceum: A Diagnostic or Therapeutic Challenge [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Tinea capitis is a common dermatophyte infection affecting scalp and hair of pre-pubertal children. With introduction of Griseofulvin in 1958, there has been considerable improvement in the treatment of tinea capitis.
Rameshwari Thakur, Roma Goyal
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Allergy and Dermatophytes [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2005 SUMMARYTinea pedis (athlete's foot) and onychomycosis (infection of the toenails) caused by the dermatophyte fungusTrichophytonare highly prevalent in adults. SeveralTrichophytonallergens have been identified based on elicitation of immunoglobulin E antibody-mediated immediate-hypersensitivity (IH) responses.
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Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2021 Background: Recurrent dermatophytosis is becoming arduous to treat. Recently, oral itraconazole with oral isotretinoin was successful in a patient suffering from recurrent dermatophytosis.
Kaushal K Verma +6 more
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Common cutaneous dermatophyte infections of the skin and nails
South African Family Practice, 2017 Superficial fungal infections occur in approximately 20% of the population. Dermatophyte infections are mainly caused by organisms from the Trichophyton, Epidermophyton, and Microsporum genera, and should not be confused with infections caused by Candida
André Marais, Elzbieta Osuch
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Antidermatophyte efficacy of the secondary metabolites extracted from Citrullus colocynthis L. fruits [PDF]
Caspian Journal of Environmental SciencesThe present study, was conducted to investigate the effect of the crude alkaloid, terpenoid, and flavonoid extracts from Citrullus colocynthis L. fruits against dermatophyte species such as Chrysosporium sp., Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum ...
Umniyah Adnan Abbas +2 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 We report here two cases of tinea capitis caused by Microsporum (M.) audouinii in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. The patients were a three-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl who presented with scaly patches on the scalp.
Rie Roselyne Yotsu +7 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2022 Trichophyton indotineae is an emerging pathogen which recently spread from India to Europe and that is more prone than other species of the Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex to show resistance to terbinafine, resulting in the necessity of rapid ...
Anne-Cécile Normand +13 more
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