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Dermatophytosis. Dermatophytosis, also known as tinea and ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin [ 2] (a dermatomycosis ), that may affect skin, hair, and nails. [ 1] Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. [ 1] Hair loss may occur in the area affected. [ 1] Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. [ 1]
Fungal infection, also known as mycosis, is a disease caused by fungi. [ 5][ 13] Different types are traditionally divided according to the part of the body affected; superficial, subcutaneous, and systemic. [ 3][ 6] Superficial fungal infections include common tinea of the skin, such as tinea of the body, groin, hands, feet and beard, and ...
Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, [ 3][ 4] is a serious fungal infection that comes under fulminant fungal sinusitis, [ 11] usually in people who are immunocompromised. [ 9][ 12] It is curable only when diagnosed early. [ 11] Symptoms depend on where in the body the infection occurs. [ 13][ 14] It most commonly infects the nose, sinuses ...
Sporotrichosis by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii. Cutaneous or skin sporotrichosis; This is the most common form of this disease. Symptoms of this form include nodular lesions or bumps in the skin, at the point of entry and also along lymph nodes and vessels. The lesion starts off small and painless, and ranges in color from pink to purple.
Mycosis fungoides, also known as Alibert-Bazin syndrome or granuloma fungoides, [ 1] is the most common form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. It generally affects the skin, but may progress internally over time. Symptoms include rash, tumors, skin lesions, and itchy skin.
A rare fungal infection thought to mainly occur in the northern Midwest and parts of the Southeast is more common in other parts of the U.S. than expected, new research published Wednesday finds ...
These fungal infections impair superficial layers of the skin, hair and nails. A dermatomycosis is a skin disease caused by a fungus. [ 1] The most frequent form is dermatophytosis (ringworm, tinea). Another example is cutaneous candidiasis. These fungal infections impair superficial layers of the skin, hair and nails.
Blastomycosis was first described by Thomas Caspar Gilchrist in 1894, as a skin disease. Because of this, blastomycosis is sometimes called "Gilchrist's disease". [ 17] Gilchrist initially identified the cause of the disease as a protozoan, but later correctly identified it as a fungus. [ 73]