Tinea Versicolor: Susceptibility Factors and Experimental Infection in Human Beings*

Brucella Infection Causing Abortion in Human Beings

Uncommon presentations of tinea versicolor

Tinea versicolor (TV) is a common cutaneous fungal infection characterized by superficial scaling and a mild disturbance of skin pigmentation. It typically affects the chest, upper back, and shoulders. However, involvement of more unusual regions of the body such as the face and scalp, arms and legs, intertriginous sites, genitalia, areolae, and palms and soles has been reported. This report de...

Evaluation of Tinea-Versicolor Disease

In a survey during a period of 2 years, 1084 patients with suspected clinical fungal lesions were referred to the Medical Mycology Department, School of Public Health of Tehran Medical Sciences University. Out of 1084 patients , 329 cases were found to be infested with Tinea versicolor. One (0.3%) conju­gal case and 2 (0.6%) blood related cases (Father and son, Mother and daugh­ter) and 4 cases...

brucella infection causing abortion in human beings

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Tick-borne ehrlichiosis infection in human beings.

Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne infectious disease transmitted by several tick species, especially Amblyomma spp caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis. E. chaffeensis is an obligatory intracellular, tick-transmitted bacterium that is maintained in nature in a cycle involving at least one and perhaps several vertebrate reservoir hosts. Two additional Ehrlichia spp, Anaplasma (formerly Ehr...