(n.) A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species of Trichophyton).
Example Sentences:
(1) Clinically, our cases of black-dot ringworm caused by T. violaceum often presented with subtle changes of scaling, hair loss, and black dots.
(2) Scalp ringworm among children ranked third (15.3%), Microsporum canis was the main etiologic agent.
(3) The organism was isolated from skin scrapings collected from ringworm lesions mainly on the heads of 2 naturally infected calves.
(4) Three cases of leptospirosis, two cases of Newcastle disease, two cases of ringworm, and a single infection with Mycobacterium bovis and with Salmonella arizonae were also encountered.
(5) A total of 258 cattle clinically affected with Trichophyton verrucosum (ringworm) were treated twice by spraying with a suspension containing the fungicidal antibiotic natamycin.
(6) Dermatophytes of the genera Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton were isolated from 162 (41%) of 395 patients with clinical manifestations of ringworm infection reporting at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria between January 1986 and December 1987.
(7) A survey was carried out on the distribution of ringworm infections among school children in four primary schools in Jos, Plateau State of Nigeria.
(8) A suspension based on the antibiotic, natamycin, was applied by sponging to 83 horses of various breeds and ages with signs of clinical ringworm.
(9) Scales were taken from 128 human volunteers suffering from ringworm infections and grown on Sabourand's media to determine the type of organisms causing the disease.
(10) This case also demonstrates the benefit of corticosteroids for certain cases of inflammatory ringworm where the host's response to the fungus is exceptionally marked.
(12) After an episode of cerebral toxoplasmosis for which he was treated with systemic steroids (because of cerebral oedema) he developed, over 16 days, a remarkably extensive ringworm of the trunk due to an unusual zoophilic dermatophyte, Microsporum (Trichophyton) gallinae.
(13) Moreover, 415 children were examined to determine the incidence of head lice, scabies, ringworm and catarrh - conditions which had been found to be common among children in the low-income group.
(14) The present work has looked at the distribution of ringworm infections among the Nigerian nomadic Fulani herdsmen.
(15) Fourteen cases are described in which the local application of corticosteroid preparations to ringworm infections of the skin have resulted in unusual clinical pictures.
(16) Out of 124 children examined, 36 had scalp lesions and 32 cases were confirmed as scalp-ringworm on direct microscopy.
(17) An account is given of the increase in incidence of scalp ringworm seen in London school children over a twelve year period.
(18) The use of these factors in preparation of efficacious fungicides used in the treatment of ringworm infections in man and animals is discussed.
(19) Eight agents of ringworms have been recorded in the horse.
(20) There have been few geographical surveys of ringworm fungi that have covered the world.
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.