OBJECTIVE To present the common features of periocular tinea to aid physicians in future diagnosis and therapy of this condition, because superficial fungal infections on the face are often misdiagnosed owing to the diverse morphologies that they manifest. This is especially true of dermatophytoses involving the periocular region. METHODS A retrospective review was performed of patients with ...

Butenafine is a synthetic benzylamine antifungal agent that may be fungicidal against susceptible organisms, e.g., dermatophytes. Butenafine may be effective and safe in the treatment of interdigital tinea pedis (apply twice daily for 1 week or once daily for 4 weeks), tinea corporis/tinea cruris (apply twice daily for 2 weeks), and pityriasis versicolor (apply once daily for 2 weeks). The effe...

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 ...

Background: Tinea capitis is a dermatophyte infection of the scalp, eyebrows, and eyelashes with propensity for attacking hair shafts follicles. The treatment remains same between child, adolescent adult. Purpose: To understand clinical manifestation management tinea capitis. Case management: A ninety-year-old girl, came to Dermatovenereology Outpatient Clinic Salak Hospital because baldness on...

Test your knowledge in our picture quiz By: Adam Duckworth, Ingrid Salvary Published: 20 January 2010 DOI: 10.1136/sbmj.b4938 Cite this as: Student BMJ 2009;17:b4938 A 9 year old girl presents to the emergency department with a painful lesion on her scalp. It was initially a small, erythematous, scaly, pruritic eruption but gradually increased in size over the previous six weeks despite several...

Ringworm of the scalp is caused by several species of fungi; the most common being the Microsporon audouini, capable of causing widespread outbreaks, and Microsporon lanosum. Other species of fungi causing sporadic tinea capitis are the Microsporon fulvum, Achorion schoenleinii (favus), and other trichophyton organisms. This paper will deal chiefly with the Microsporon audouini infections. In r...

A tinea capitis é uma infeção fúngica do couro cabeludo que ocorre maioritariamente em crianças podendo, casos raros, progredir para complicação severa designada quérion. Este último, manifesta-se mais comummente entre os 5 e 10 anos de idade resulta resposta imunológica intensa à infeção, caracterizada pelo desenvolvimento placa inflamatória com pústulas, crostas e, por vezes, supuração. No pr...

surveillance of dermatophytosis is essential to determine the likely changes in etiological trends and distribution profile of this infection. in this study beta tubulin gene (bt2), was used as the first time in a pcr-rflp format to clarify the distribution of dermatophytosis agents in some parts of iran.a total of 603 clinical isolates was obtained from 500 patients in tehran, isfahan, mazanda...

Dermatophyte fungi causing tinea capitis can be divided into anthropophilic and zoophilic organisms. Anthropophilic fungi grow preferentially on humans, and the most common type forms large conidia of approximately 3-4 mm in diameter within the hair shaft (endothrix). Common causes of endothrix infection include Trichophyton tonsurans , T schoenleinii and T violaceum. Zoophilic fungi are acquir...