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Tinea Capitis: A ClinicoMycological Profile [PDF]

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Tinea capitis a superficial fungal infection infecting the scalp, hair follicles and hair shaft caused by dermatophytes, vary in their etiological agents and predominating anatomical infection pattern with geographical location ...
Swapna Kotian, Venkatesh VN
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MYCOTIC INFECTION OF TINEA CAPITIS IN TEHRAN [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 1986
From 687 patients referred to the Medical Mycology Depatment of the school of public Health, 184 cases showed Tinea capitis infection, direct microscopy and culture was positive in 86.2% and 75.29% of the cases respectively.
M. Moghadami, M. Emami   +1 more
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DERMATOPHYTOZOONOSES IN ISMAILIA CITY [PDF]

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 1994
A total of 160 animals of various species, apparently healthy (116) and animals showing characteristic lesions of ringworm (44) were examined mycologically.
A.M. ABOU-EISHA, A.A. EL-ATTAR
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Tinea capitis among children at one suburban primary school in the City of Maputo, Mozambique Tinea capitis entre as crianças de uma escola primária suburbana na Cidade Maputo, Mozambique

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2007
This study evaluated the prevalence of Tinea capitis among schoolchildren at one primary school and also identified the causative agents. Scalp flakes were collected from children presenting clinical signs suggestive of Tinea capitis.
Mohsin M. Sidat, Della Correia, Titos Paulo Buene   +2 more
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Epidemiology of Dermatophytoses in Switzerland According to a Survey of Dermatophytes Isolated in Lausanne between 2001 and 2018

Journal of Fungi, 2020
Dermatophytes are the most common pathogenic agents of superficial mycoses in humans and animals. Knowledge of their epidemiology can facilitate the prevention of dermatophytosis and improve prophylactic measures.
Olympia Bontems, Marina Fratti, Karine Salamin, Emmanuella Guenova, Michel Monod   +4 more
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The use and mechanism of action of terbinafine compared to other antifungal drugs used in the pharmacotherapy of candidiasis [PDF]

Farmacja Polska, 2021
Terbinafine as an antifungal drug was introduced to the world market in 1991, which was a great advance in dermatology. From that time to 1999, it was used orally with good results in over 10 million people and locally in over 30 million.
Piotr Mariusz Dwiecki, Tomasz Michalak, Izabela Muszalska-Kolos   +2 more
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A Multi-Target Approach toward the Development of Novel Candidates for Antidermatophytic Activity: Ultrastructural Evidence on α-Bisabolol-Treated Microsporum gypseum

Molecules, 2015
Multi-target strategies are directed toward targets that are unrelated (or distantly related) and can create opportunities to address different pathologies.
Carlo Romagnoli, Anna Baldisserotto, Gemma Malisardi, Chiara B. Vicentini, Donatella Mares, Elisa Andreotti, Silvia Vertuani, Stefano Manfredini   +7 more
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Comparison of in vitro activities of newer triazoles and classic antifungal agents against dermatophyte species isolated from Iranian University Hospitals: a multi-central study

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2023
Background Dermatophytes have the ability to invade the keratin layer of humans and cause infections. The aims of this study were the accurate identification of dermatophytes by Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism method ...
Parisa Badiee, Tahereh Shokohi, Jamal Hashemi, Rasoul Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad Najafzadeh, Maneli Amin Shahidi, Fatemeh Ghasemi, Hadis Jafarian   +7 more
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Isolation of Trichophyton violaceum and Trichophyton soudanense in Baltimore, Maryland [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2007
ABSTRACT Tinea capitis is of public health importance because of its transmissibility. Trichophyton violaceum and Trichophyton soudanense , which are common causes of tinea capitis in parts of Africa and West Asia, have only rarely been reported to cause dermatophytoses in the ...
Shelley S, Magill, Liliana, Manfredi, Andrew, Swiderski, Bernard, Cohen, William G, Merz   +4 more
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Investigations upon the Improvement of Dermatophyte Identification Using an Online Mass Spectrometry Application

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Online MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry applications, such as MSI-2, have been shown to help identify dermatophytes, but recurrent errors are still observed between phylogenetically close species. The objective of this study was to assess different approaches
Arnaud Jabet, Anne-Cécile Normand, Alicia Moreno-Sabater, Jacques Guillot, Veronica Risco-Castillo, Sophie Brun, Magalie Demar, Romain Blaizot, Cécile Nabet, Ann Packeu, Renaud Piarroux   +10 more
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