©2000 Revista Iberoamericana de Micología Apdo. 699, E-48080 Bilbao (Spain) Dermatophytes are cited among the most frequent causes of dermatological problems in domestic animals. The superficial mycoses caused by dermatophytes are called dermatophytosis, and they are commonly referred to as ringworm or tinea. In general, dermatophytes do not invade subcutaneous or deep tissues, but pseudotumora...

Among diseases of horses caused by fungi (=mycoses), dermatophytosis, cryptococcosis and aspergillosis are of particular concern, due their worldwide diffusion and, for some of them, zoonotic potential. Conversely, other mycoses such as subcutaneous (i.e., pythiosis and mycetoma) or deep mycoses (i.e., blastomycosis and coccidioidomycosis) are rare, and/or limited to restricted geographical are...

Practical relevance: Dermatophytosis (ringworm) is the most important infectious and contagious skin disease of cats in shelters. Its importance relates to the fact that it can affect all cats, but tends to affect those which would otherwise have good chances for adoption. Although many diseases in shelters fit this description, dermatophytosis is of particular significance because of associate...

BACKGROUND The association of dermatophytes with atopic patients and improvement in allergic signs with antifungal treatment suggest a possible link between chronic infection and atopy. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine skin reactivity and serum IgE antibody responses in patients with chronic and acute dermatophytosis. METHODS One hundred and sixty-three patients with chr...

Dermatophytes are a group of keratinophilic fungi that have the capacity to invade keratinized tissues. Dermatophytosis is a common fungal infection seen in the tropical and subtropical countries affecting the skin and its appendages. Though dermatophytosis is considered a cosmetic illness, complications do occur. In the recent times dermatophytosis appears to be a neglected fungal disease. Thi...

Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture on intractable dermatophytosis so as to provide the new approach to the treatment of dermatophytosis. Method: The fire needling and body acupuncture were used in combination. The main points were selected from the local lesions and the fire needling technique with multiple stimulation and shallow puncture was used on the skin

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Dermatophytosis is one of the most common infections of skin, hair, and nails, caused by a group of keratinophilic fungi known as dermatophytes. Species identification of these fungi is of great significance from epidemiological and therapeutic points of view. The objective of the present study was to investigate dermatophytosis and its causative agents in patients, refer...

Background Dermatophytosis are fungal infections caused by keratinophilic fungi known as dermatophytes and classified in three genera: Trichophyton, Epidermophyton and Microsporum. Trichophyton rubrum is the most frequent species associated to dermatophytosis worldwide [1]. The infections caused by dermatophytes are not lethal, but are difficult to treat and uncomfortable. In the case of T. rub...

for demonstration of cell-mediated immunity and its role in the process of dermatophytosis, 98 patients with acute dermatophytosis (group i) and 131 chronic dermatophytosis patients (group 2) were chosen. in ail patients, lymphocyte transfonnation and skin test were used. 96 members of group i (98%) had positive delayed-type hypersensitivity (dth) responses to trichophytin, whereas only 43 subj...

Dermatophytosis are cutaneous mycoses caused by Microsporum spp., Trichophyton spp. and Epidermophyton dermatophytes. resembles other skin diseases due to its various clinical manifestations such as multifocal alopecia, circular lesions, scaling, crusting, papular pustular follicular obstruction, erythema, hyperpigmentation, miliary dermatitis dystrophic nail growth, diagnosis is based on the u...