(1) Forty soil samples from different desert localities in Kuwait were surveyed for keratinophilic and geophilic dermatophytic fungi.
(2) Soils rich in keratinic residues constitute a permanent or occasional reservoir for dermatophytes and keratinolytic and keratinophilic fungi, and are a source of potential infection for man and animals.
(3) Feline immunodeficiency, virus infection, cryptococcosis, dermatophyte pseudomycetomas, demodicosis, Sézary-like syndrome, and discoid lupus erythematosus in cats are reviewed.
(4) An epidemiological study of dermatophytes was achieved during the years 1983-1984 in the Mycology Laboratory of Saint-Louis' Hospital.
(5) It possesses a broad spectrum of activity in vitro against dermatophytes, yeasts and some Gram-positive bacteria.
(6) The latter included Candida albicans (CA) and four dermatophyte species, viz.
(7) In order to determine the presence of dermatophytes and saprophytes in healthy toe and finger nails, 120 students (60 male and 60 female) from preparatory schools at Sohag Governorate (Upper Egypt) were studied.
(8) The fungicidal activity of terbinafine which has been demonstrated in vitro for several strains of dermatophyte, filamentous and dimorphic fungi, has been demonstrated in vivo in model systems for dermatophytoses.
(9) Mycological tests were made in 212 patients who had lesions with clinical appearance of dermatophytic infection.
(10) The girl's only pet, a guinea pig, was proven to be free of dermatophytes.
(11) The pathogens belong to three groups, dermatophytes, yeasts and molds, which can be differentiated according to their behaviour in culture and in tissue.
(12) LNC from guinea pigs with mild reinfection dermatophytosis had depressed in vitro reactivity to mitogens and dermatophyte antigen.
(13) The exact form of effector "T" cell immunity and the cellular and molecular mechanism(s) which eliminate dermatophytes from the skin, are poorly understood, but may involve lymphokine and accelerated epidermal turnover.
(14) Twenty-one of them (35%) gave positive cultures for dermatophytes in Sabouraud medium.
(15) The isolated dermatophytes were identified according to Rebell and Taplin.
(16) Miconazole nitrate was used topically in 83 dermatophytic and candidal infections.
(17) Similarly the isolation rates of dermatophytes and Candida species were higher in patients with moderate and severe disease compared to those with mild disease.
(18) The dermatophyte was apparently introduced into the facility by a single infected patient.
(19) The in vitro activity of saperconazole against selected isolates of dermatophytes and its in vivo efficacy in a guinea pig dermatophytic infection model using Trichophyton mentagrophytes were evaluated.
(20) 83 p. 100 are affected by zoo-antropophilic dermatophytes, M. canis chiefly in town, T. mentagrophytes, T. verrucosum in rural aeras.
Tinea
Definition:
(n.) A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.
(n.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tinea versicolor was the commonest superficial dermatomycosis affecting nearly half of all adults seen.
(2) Epidemiological an mycological data of a 30 years long study on 366 cases of tinea manuum.
(3) Morphologic features of Malassezia(M.) furfur in the horny layer from clinical lesions of tinea versicolor were examined by scanning electron microscopy and compared with the appearance of fungus in the horny layer from normal skin and in culture.
(4) Other isolates of this organism as the cause of tinea capitis were made in this city during that year.
(5) In an open study 58 patients with chronic dermatophytosis mainly caused by Trichophyton rubrum and five patients with Tinea capitis were treated with ketoconazole.
(6) A case of tinea of the pinna, mistaken for chondritis, is presented.
(7) A literature review revealed only 35 reported cases classified as tinea faciei, most of which also were misdiagnosed originally.
(8) Pityriasis versicolor (Tinea versicolor) is a superficial chronic fungal infection caused by Pityrisporum species which are normal "inhabitants" of the cutaneous flora.
(9) The mycologic and pathophysiologic characteristics of tinea versicolor infection are discussed, and several hypothesis are offered to explain the presence of tinea versicolor in these patients.
(10) A 57-year-old Japanese man with tinea of the scrotum was described.
(11) In contrast, a very low incidence was noted in patients with tinea corporis (37%) and the squamous hyperkeratotic type of tinea pedis (36%).
(12) One hundred and thirty-four patients with tinea versicolor were divided into 3 treatment groups: (1) 30% sodium thiosulfate application, (2) 30% sodium thiosulfate application plus ultraviolet light, and (3) 30% sodium thiosulfate application, ultraviolet light, and meladinine tablets (amoidin 0.01 g and amidin 0.005 g).
(13) Tinea versicolor is a common superficial fungal infection that typically affects young adults in warm, humid climates.
(14) The incidence, clinical appearance and causative agent of tinea capitis among children of Ethiopian immigrants, was studied.
(15) M. canis was the most prevalent causal agent of tinea capitis and tinea corporis.
(16) These fixed treatments have some limitations, and they are not recommended for treating tinea capitis and tinea unguium.
(17) A total of 247 patients with tinea capitis were divided into two groups and treated with griseofulvin in two different ways: the first group received the drug every other day, and the second received it twice a week.
(18) Twenty-eight patients received 100 mg per day for 14 days, and two patients, one with tinea pedis and one with tinea manuum, were treated for 28 days.
(19) The cream preparation and solution of lactoconazole at concentrations of more than 0.25% were highly effective in either tinea models, and at concentrations of more than 1%, lactoconazole achieved complete mycological cure.
(20) Reddish-tan and fawn-colored hyperpigmentation in tinea versicolor of this type is not due to melanin pigment.