The cutaneous dermatomycoses are among topical issues in all countries worldwide. They are registered in 20% of the world population. Dermatophyte infections incidence frequency varies depending on a season, region, effective anti-epidemic measures management, and effective treatment methods. In Kazakhstan in 2001, dermatophyte infections ranked second in the structure of dermatologic pathology...

Musca domestica L. were collected from cattle diagnosed with bovine ringworm to evaluate the potential of the house fly to disseminate Trichophyton verrucosum E. Bodin, a fungal dermatophyte that is the causative agent for ringworm in cattle. Fungal isolates were cultured from 45 individual flies on supplemented Sabouraud dextrose agar, and isolates were identified using morphological and micro...

24 A rapid two step DNA extraction method and a multiplex PCR for the detection of 25 dermatophytes in general and Trichophyton (T.) rubrum specifically were developed and 26 evaluated on DNA extracted from pure cultures and from clinically diseased nails. DNA 27 from the following dermatophytes were used: Epidermophyton floccosum, Microsporum 28 (M.) audouinii, M. canis, M. gypseum, M. nanum, ...

In the last few decades, fungal infections, particularly nosocomial, increased all around the world. This increment stimulated the search for new antifungal agents, especially those derived from nature. Among natural products, those from marine sources have gained prominence in the last years. Purified phlorotannins extracts from three brown seaweeds (Cystoseira nodicaulis (Withering) M. Robert...

INTRODUCTION Dermatophytes are a closely related group of keratinophilic fungi. They encompass important etiological agents of superficial fungal infections. These fungi are able to invade keratinized tissues of humans and animals, causing dermatophytosis (ringworm) of hair, nails or skin. THE AIM Traditional diagnostics of ringworm is based on morphological identification of cultured fungi a...

BACKGROUND Tinea pedis and tinea manuum in children are more common than previously recognized. Clinical presentations of dermatophyte infections may vary in children and may be difficult to diagnose. OBJECTIVE To show the necessity of potassium hydroxide preparations and/or fungal cultures in assessing suspicious cases of cellulitis in children who may have dermatophyte infections. PATIENT...

subungual onychomycosis, which is the typical appearance seen in most dermatophyte infections: the disease spreads from the hyponychium into the nail and then progresses proximally, frequently along the lateral margins to affect the whole nail. Superficial white onychomycosis can be caused by a dermatophyte, usually Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale or by nondermatophytic moulds. T...