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When onychomycosis is due to a dermatophyte infection, it is termed tinea unguium. Trichophyton rubrum is the most common dermatophyte involved in onychomycosis. Other dermatophytes that may be involved are T. interdigitale , Epidermophyton floccosum , Tricholosporum violaceum , Microsporum gypseum , T. tonsurans , and T. soudanense .
Neoscytalidium dimidiatum has been described as an agent to cause infections referred to as dermatomycosis, onychomycosis, [9] ringworm or tinea, [11] affecting human nails, toe webs and feet, and skin, [3] [10] [12] forming hyphomycete, [12] and also sometimes infecting the palms of hands but this is a rare occurrence. [3]
A dermatomycosis is a skin disease caused by a fungus. [1] The most frequent form is dermatophytosis (ringworm, tinea). Another example is cutaneous candidiasis. These fungal infections impair superficial layers of the skin, hair and nails.
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 .
A new nail plate will form once the cause of the disease is removed. Onychomycosis, also known as tinea unguium, is a contagious infection of the nail caused by the same fungal organisms which cause ringworm of the skin (Trichophyton rubrum or T. mentagrophytes, rarely other trichophyton species or Epidermophyton floccosum [1]).
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 ...
Onychomycosis is a common disease that can cause nail discoloration, hardened and weakened. Increased awareness of nails health due to possible complications and complications, increasing incidence of onychomycosis due to factors such as aging population, diabetes and weakened immune system, advances in diagnostic methods and treatment options ...
Favus (Latin for "honeycomb") or tinea favosa is the severe form of tinea capitis, a skin infectious disease caused by the dermatophyte fungus Trichophyton schoenleinii. Typically the species affects the scalp , [ 2 ] but occasionally occurs as onychomycosis , tinea barbae , or tinea corporis .