objectives: this study aimed to compare the therapeutic efficacy of terbinafine andfluconazole in terms of mycological cure in the treatment of tinea corporis and tineacruris. method: in this clinical trial, 30 patients with t. corporis and t .cruris wereselected. patients were divided into two groups by random selection. the first group wastreated with fluconazole 150 mg weekly for four weeks ...

conclusions patients who regularly use the local saunas had poor personal hygiene and greasy skin, and were more suspected to tinea versicolor infection. results the disease was more prevalent in 21-40 years old age group in both genders. the most infected anatomical regions were posterior surface, the body trunk (shoulder, supra scapula and lumbar region), anterior thorax and abdomen, respecti...

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 ...

Tinea nigra is a superficial mycosis caused by Hortaea werneckii. It is an infrequent asymptomatic infection that affects human palms and soles, and is mostly observed in tropical countries. We evaluate retrospectively twenty-two confirmed cases of tinea nigra from a total of eleven yr (1997-2007) and discuss the epidemiology, clinical features and treatment of this disease. In twelve cases, ad...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of the carrier state in household contacts in children with tinea capitis, the duration of the carrier state, factors associated with carriage, and the proportion of carriers who develop clinical disease. DESIGN Cross-sectional, cohort, prevalence study. SETTING General pediatric clinic serving an indigent, inner-city, African American population. PA...

Children are more susceptible to fungal infections. Hair infection by agents, also called trichomycoses, is one of the common concerns in human beings. Dermatophytes, Malassezia species and organisms causing piedra mycological agents hair Tinea Capitis (TC) an scalp shaft surrounding caused dermatophytes. Aim: To study clinical patterns tinea capitis rural children. Materials Methods: This a cr...

BACKGROUND Although urticaria has been reported in association with tinea or other fungal infections, usually this relationship is considered coincidental. CLINICAL CASE We report the case of a patient that developed two episodies of generalised urticaria associated with dermatophytosis. An allergologic studied was performed. Skin prick tests with a battery of common inhalant allergens and fo...

Considerable information is available on the changing incidence, etiology, clinical forms and management of tinea capitis in Spain. While the condition became epidemic during the 19th century, when it was predominantly caused by anthropophilic dermatophytes, the incidence fell with the advent of treatment with griseofulvin, after which zoophilic dermatophytes became the main etiologic agents. A...

Tinea capitis is unusual and often misdiagnosed in healthy adults. We report a case of a healthy woman with a several-year history of asymptomatic, bizarre-shaped, non-scarring alopecia. She had used over-the-counter ketoconazole shampoo regularly for a long time. An initial potassium hydroxide preparation showed negative result for fungal organism. The scalp biopsy revealed endothrix infection...