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  2. Athlete's foot - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Trichophyton rubrum - Wikipedia

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    Trichophyton rubrum is a dermatophytic fungus in the phylum Ascomycota.It is an exclusively clonal, [2] anthropophilic saprotroph that colonizes the upper layers of dead skin, and is the most common cause of athlete's foot, fungal infection of nail, jock itch, and ringworm worldwide. [3]

  4. List of types of tinea - Wikipedia

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    Athlete's foot (also known as "ringworm of the foot", [2] tinea pedum, [3] and "moccasin foot" [4]) is a common and contagious skin disease that causes itching, scaling, flaking, and sometimes blistering of the affected areas.

  5. These Pictures Will Help You Identify the Most Common ... - AOL

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    The same fungus can also cause athlete’s foot and jock itch. Ringworm is contagious, so avoid touching people and pets or sharing objects like towels with others during flareups.

  6. How to treat athlete’s foot - AOL

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    Lamisil 1% Athlete’s Foot Cream $ at Amazon. Lamisil 1% Athlete’s Foot Cream $ at CVS Pharmacy. Lamisil 1% Athlete’s Foot Cream $ at Walmart. This antifungal cream uses another form of ...

  7. Dermatophytosis - Wikipedia

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    Infection on the skin of the feet may cause athlete's foot and in the groin, jock itch. Involvement of the nails is termed onychomycosis. Animals including dogs and cats can also be affected by ringworm, and the disease can be transmitted between animals and humans, making it a zoonotic disease. Specific signs can be:

  8. Trichophyton - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  9. Epidermophyton - Wikipedia

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    Epidermophyton is a genus of fungus causing superficial and cutaneous mycoses, including E. floccosum, and causes tinea corporis (ringworm), tinea cruris (jock itch), tinea pedis (athlete's foot), and tinea unguium (fungal infection of the nail bed).