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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] Trichophyton rubrum was first described by Malmsten [ sv ...
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. Macroconidia are mostly borne laterally ...
Dermatophytosis. Dermatophytosis, also known as tinea and ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin [ 2] (a dermatomycosis ), that may affect skin, hair, and nails. [ 1] Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. [ 1] Hair loss may occur in the area affected. [ 1] Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. [ 1]
Trichophyton rubrum is also a very common cause of favus, a form of tinea capitis in which crusts are seen on the scalp. Tinea capitis is characterized by irregular or well-demarcated alopecia (balding) and scaling. Infected hair shafts are broken off just at the base, leaving a black dot just under the surface of the skin, and alopecia can ...
Tinea corporis. This patient presented with ringworm on the arm, or tinea corporis due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Tinea corporis is a fungal infection of the body, similar to other forms of tinea. Specifically, it is a type of dermatophytosis (or ringworm) that appears on the arms and legs, especially on glabrous skin; however, it may ...
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 . The word favid is more used than French word favus ...
List of types of tinea. Tinea. Other names. Ringworm. Tinea in various locations. Specialty. Infectious disease, dermatology. Tinea or ringworm is any of a variety of skin mycoses. [ 1] Tinea is a very common fungal infection of the skin.
Ciclopirox is indicated for the treatment of tinea pedis and tinea corporis due to Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Epidermophyton floccosum, as well as seborrheic dermatitis. It is not to be used in the eyes or vagina , and nursing women should consult their doctors before use, since it is not known whether ciclopirox ...