Although tinea capitis is the most common fungal infection in children, significant changes have been reported in its epidemiology worldwide, as a result from certain geographic, climatic and cultural differences in one hand, as well as the changes in its etiologic pattern. The clinical manifestation of the infection and the stage of inflammation vary from mild desquamation to severe suppurativ...

BMJ 1993;306:1527-9 Thallium is a heavy metal whose salts are used in some rodent poisons and in the manufacture of optical lenses, semiconductors, scintillation counters, low temperature thermometers and switching devices, green coloured fireworks, and imitation jeweliery, and as chemical catalysts. In clinical practice thallium isotopes are used in cardiac scanning,12 but the use of thallium ...

Sir, Dermatophytes are a group of closely-related fungi that are able to invade keratinized tissue (skin, hair and nails) of humans and animals to produce an infection, dermatophytosis, commonly referred to as ringworm or tinea. Important factors leading to the different clinical forms are the infecting fungus, the site infected, the keratinization at that site, and the immune status of the hos...

In his handbook of Diseases of the Skin (1907), Whitfield states that fungus infections of the nails are probably commoner than is generally supposed. That statement is borne out by the fact that Within the last three years I have had the opportunity of observing no fewer than 19 cases ; 17 of these were seen as out-patients in the Skin Department of the Royal Infirmary under Dr Norman Walker's...

A significant number of men and women experience hair loss. Up to 80% white 40% 50% are affected at some point in their lives. White more likely loss than other ethnicities. Many factors potentially contribute loss, including hormonal changes, physiologic stress, chronic illnesses, medications, dietary genetics, local trauma. People by often low self-esteem; personal, social, work-related chall...

one of the problems of public health in iran is mycotic inflection which its incidence is not known. the most important disease of them is dermatophytosis. in this regard, determination of various species of etiologic agent, infection source, the risk of contact to animals, and public training are necessary to perform epidemiologic studies. in this research 750 suspected samples (including 560 ...

twenty patients, a family, their neighbors, and friends; with lesions suspicious of ringworm infection, were referred to us within a period of 80 days. the source of infection was found to be 3 persian cats (a mother and two kittens) living with the family. the cats had multiple lesions around their nose and on abdomen which reveales the prevalence of cutaneous fungi both on direct microscopic ...