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Athlete's foot, known medically as tinea pedis, is a common skin infection of the feet caused by a fungus. [2] Signs and symptoms often include itching, scaling, cracking and redness. [3] In rare cases the skin may blister. [6] Athlete's foot fungus may infect any part of the foot, but most often grows between the toes. [3]
Tinea pedis + onychomycosis, Tinea corporis, Tinea capitis are the most common dermatophytosis found in humans across the world. [34] Tinea capitis has a greater prevalence in children. [ 31 ] The increasing prevalence of dermatophytes resulting in Tinea capitis has been causing epidemics throughout Europe and America. [ 34 ]
Trichophyton rubrum is one of the most common causes of chronic tinea pedis commonly known as athlete's foot. [12] Chronic infections of tinea pedis result in moccasin foot, in which the entire foot forms white scaly patches and infections usually affect both feet. [10] Individuals with tinea pedis are likely to have infection at multiple sites ...
Epidermophyton floccosum is a filamentous fungus that causes skin and nail infections in humans. [1] This anthropophilic dermatophyte can lead to diseases such as tinea pedis (athlete's foot), tinea cruris, tinea corporis and onychomycosis.
Tinea pedis is caused by fungi such as Epidermophyton floccosum or fungi of the genus Trichophyton including T. rubrum [5] and T. mentagrophytes. [6] These fungi are typically transmitted in moist communal areas where people go barefoot, such as around swimming pools or in showers, and require a warm moist environment like the inside of a shoe ...
Dermatomycosis; Micrograph of a superficial dermatomycosis. The fungal organisms are the dark staining, thick, quasi-linear objects below with skin surface. Vulvar biopsy. GMS stain.
Tinea pedis is usually treated with topical medicines, like ketoconazole or terbinafine, and pills, or with medicines that contains miconazole, clotrimazole, or tolnaftate. [18] Antibiotics may be necessary to treat secondary bacterial infections that occur in addition to the fungus (for example, from scratching).
Trichophyton is a genus of fungi, which includes the parasitic varieties that cause tinea, including athlete's foot, ringworm, jock itch, and similar infections of the nail, beard, skin and scalp. Trichophyton fungi are molds characterized by the development of both smooth-walled macro- and microconidia .