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Mycoses 2020 Jul 3. Epub 2020 Jul 3.

Institute of Bacteriology and Mycology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig University, An den Tierkliniken 29, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany.

Background: Dermatophytoses rank among the most frequent communicable diseases in humans and the zoonotic transmission is increasing. The zoophilic dermatophyte Trichophyton (T.) benhamiae is nowadays one of the main causes of tinea faciei et corporis in children. Read More

J Cutan Med Surg 2020 Jun 22:1203475420936657. Epub 2020 Jun 22.

936657 Department of Dermatology, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Spain.

Br J Dermatol 2020 Jun 15. Epub 2020 Jun 15.

Department of Microbiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Background: Dermatophytic infections have undergone unprecedented changes in India in the recent past. Clinical trials to find out the effectiveness of the four main oral antifungal drugs are lacking.

Objectives: We tested the effectiveness of oral fluconazole, griseofulvin, itraconazole and terbinafine in chronic and chronic relapsing tinea corporis, tinea cruris and tinea faciei in an investigator-initiated, randomized, pragmatic trial. Read More

Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2020 Jun 8. Epub 2020 Jun 8.

Laboratory for Medical Microbiology, Partnership Prof. Pietro Nenoff and Dr. Constanze Krüger, Mölbis, Germany.

Nannizzia (N.) incurvata (formerly Microsporum incurvatum) represents a geophilic dermatophyte which has been previously classified as belonging to the species complex of N. gypsea (formerly Microsporum gypseum). Read More

J Dermatol 2020 Jun 15;47(6):615-621. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

Nagasaki Ekisaikai Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.

The causative species of a total of 42 403 dermatophytosis cases that occurred during 1966-2015 were surveyed. The most prevalent clinical type was tinea pedis, followed by tinea unguium, corporis, cruris, manus, faciei and capitis. The prevalence of tinea faciei and capitis has increased since the late 1990s and the late 2000s, respectively. Read More

J Pediatr 2020 Jun 11;221:255-256. Epub 2020 Mar 11.

Department of Dermatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.

BMC Infect Dis 2020 Feb 22;20(1):171. Epub 2020 Feb 22.

Department of Dermatology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China.

Background: Trichophyton benhamiae is a zoophilic dermatophyte that can cause tinea in humans and animals. Lesions caused by T. benhamiae tend to be highly inflammatory, and patients are often infected by animals or other patients infected with T. Read More

An Bras Dermatol 2019 Jul 29;94(3):372-374. Epub 2019 Jul 29.

Dermatology Department, Clinical Hospital, School of Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Curr Med Mycol 2019 Jun;5(2):16-21

Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Background And Purpose: Dermatophytes as the causative agents of dermatophytosis (ringworm) are widely spread around the world. Accurate identification of dermatophytes in one area can be particularly important for epidemiological studies. Regarding this, the aim of the present study was to describe the species spectrum of dermatophytes, isolated from patients in Mashhad city, Iran, using the molecular-based method. Read More

Arch Dis Child 2019 Jun 29. Epub 2019 Jun 29.

Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Indian Pediatr 2019 05;56(5):433

Department of Dermatology, Farhat Hached Hospital, Tunisia.

J Dermatolog Treat 2019 Apr 29:1-5. Epub 2019 Apr 29.

b Department of Microbiology , Government Medical College and Hospital , Chandigarh , India.

Background: There has been an alarming increase in recalcitrant dermatophytosis in recent years. The standard treatment guidelines no longer seem effective in achieving clearance and results in high failure rates.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral terbinafine and itraconazole combination therapy in the management of dermatophytosis. Read More

Cent Eur J Public Health 2018 Dec;26 Suppl:S72-S75

Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic.

Objective: A three-year retrospective study of fungi isolated from samples of patients with suspected fungal skin infections in Eastern Slovakia is presented.

Methods: A total of 11,989 samples were collected and investigated with direct microscopic examination using 20% KOH and cultivated in Sabouraud and Mycosel medium. Identification was based on macroscopic and microscopic characteristics. Read More

Iran J Public Health 2018 Dec;47(12):1930-1936

School of Dentistry, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.

Background: Dermatophytosis is known as one of the most frequent cutaneous infections that lead to public health problems to human and animals. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of human dermatophytosis due to zoophilic species in Tehran, Iran from 2014 to 2015.

Methods: Overall, 3989 patients with clinically suspected fungal infections were studied. Read More

Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2019 Mar-Apr;85(2):197-200

Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pediatr Dermatol 2019 Jan 11;36(1):e20-e22. Epub 2018 Dec 11.

Department of Dermatology, Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama.

Dermatophyte infections are exceedingly rare in neonates, possibly due to the thin stratum corneum and high sebum content of neonatal skin. Only a handful of cases of tinea faciei have been reported in neonates, with the majority of reports occuring in India. Here, we report what to our knowledge is the earliest reported presentation of tinea faciei in the United States. Read More

Cureus 2018 Jul 20;10(7):e3017. Epub 2018 Jul 20.

Department of Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, IND.

Tinea faciei (TF) is a common dermatomicrobiological condition caused by dermatophytes involving the skin of the face but not the mustache and beard (Tinea barbae). It poses a diagnostic dilemma with its atypical clinical presentation. Pityriasis folliculorum (PF) is a dermatological condition that results in rosacea-like skin eruptions. Read More

Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2018 Sep-Oct;84(5):554-557

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Background: There is a general impression among dermatologists in India that terbinafine has been losing its effectiveness in dermatophytoses over the past few years, but there are no recent data to support this.

Aims: To determine the effectiveness of terbinafine in tinea corporis, tinea cruris and tinea faciei with a pragmatic prospective cohort study.

Methods: A sample size of 361 patients was calculated taking a 5% margin of error and a 95% confidence level. Read More

Ann Dermatol 2018 Apr 21;30(2):241-242. Epub 2018 Feb 21.

Institute of Medical Mycology, Catholic Skin Clinic, Daegu, Korea.

Hautarzt 2018 Sep;69(9):756-760

Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Rosalind-Franklin-Str. 7, 24105, Kiel, Deutschland.

We report on a tinea faciei caused by Nannizzia (N.) persicolor. The 4‑year-old boy had probably been infected by a guinea pig. Read More

J Mycol Med 2018 Mar 11;28(1):101-105. Epub 2018 Feb 11.

Infectious Diseases Research Center (IDRC), Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. Electronic address:

Objective: Dermatophytosis is one of the most common mycotic infections, which considered as a public health problem in the major of countries. This study evaluated the molecular epidemiology of dermatophytosis in patients referred to Farshchian hospital in Hamadan city with PCR-RFLP method.

Materials And Methods: Four hundred and five specimens from clinically suspected patients of dermatophytosis were collected and analyzed by direct microscopic and culture. Read More

J Dermatol 2018 Jul 6;45(7):e187-e188. Epub 2018 Feb 6.

Kimura Dermatological Clinic, Kanazawa, Japan.

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2018 Jul 23;103(4):F376. Epub 2018 Jan 23.

Neonatal Medicine, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2017 Oct-Dec;60(4):541-545

Department of Dermatology, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.

Changing pattern of dermatophytic infection among people of Sikkim over the past few years and its recurrence rate has brought a need to do a study on clinical pattern and its recurrence from this part of the country. The objectives of this study are to discern the clinical patterns of dermatophytosis, identification of the isolated fungi to its species level and to see the pattern of its recurrence. The study was carried out from January 2015 to May 2016. Read More

Curr Med Mycol 2017 Mar;3(1):20-24

Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Background And Purpose: The epidemiological features of dermatophytoses have been characterized in many geographical locations of Iran, but not in Guilan, North of Iran. This study was carried out to determine the distribution pattern of dermatophytoses and their relevant agents in Guilan, North of Iran, over a period of one year, from April 2010 to April 2011.

Materials And Methods: The clinical samples of skin, hair, and nail from 889 outpatients (317 men vs. Read More

Mycoses 2018 Apr 28;61(4):283-285. Epub 2017 Dec 28.

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Hospital Santo António dos Capuchos, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal.

Tinea faciei is a relatively uncommon dermatophytosis that affects the glabrous skin of the face. The aim of this study was to analyse the epidemiologic, clinical and mycological features of tinea faciei cases diagnosed at the Dermatology and Venereology Department of Hospital Santo António dos Capuchos (Lisbon, Portugal). Consecutive cases diagnosed between 2008 and 2016 were studied retrospectively. Read More

Mycopathologia 2017 Dec 24;182(11-12):1069-1075. Epub 2017 Aug 24.

University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Microsporum gypseum complex is a group of geophillic dermatophytes with a worldwide distribution and is a rare cause of dermatomycoses in humans. The infection most commonly presents as tinea corporis, with some geographical and occupational variations. We studied M. Read More

Ugeskr Laeger 2017 07;179(29)

G Ital Dermatol Venereol 2017 08;152(4):390-391

Misericordia Clinics, Florence, Italy -

Hautarzt 2017 Aug;68(8):639-648

Labor für medizinische Mikrobiologie, Partnerschaft Prof. Dr. med. Pietro Nenoff & Dr. med. Constanze Krüger, Mölbiser Hauptstr. 8, 04571, Rötha/OT Mölbis, Deutschland.

Tinea barbae represents a very rare dermatophytosis. We report on a tinea barbae profunda following a journey to Southeast Asia. After travel to Thailand, a businessman was affected by a foudroyant proceeding abscessing infection of the upper lip and beard area. Read More

J Pediatr 2017 08 19;187:331. Epub 2017 Apr 19.

Department of Dermatology All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, India.

An Bras Dermatol 2016 Nov-Dec;91(6):829-831

Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University - Zhanjiang, China.

Tinea faciei is a relatively uncommon dermatophyte infection entailing atypical clinical symptoms, usually misdiagnosed and treated with corticosteroids. The authors describe a case of tinea faciei on the right eyebrow caused by Trichophyton interdigitale. The patient was an 18-year-old girl, who had an inflammatory plaque with a scaly, pustular surface on the right eyebrow and upper eyelid, which had persisted for over 1 month. Read More

J Pediatr 2017 03 30;182:395-395.e1. Epub 2016 Dec 30.

Department of Dermatology National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei, Taiwan.

Med Mycol J 2016 ;57(4):E69-E75

Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geographical Medicine.

Dermatophytoses are among the most frequently diagnosed skin infections worldwide. However, the distribution of pathogenic species and the predominating anatomical sites of infection vary with geographical location and change over time. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological and aetiological factors of dermatophytoses in Crete, Greece over the last 5-year period (2011-2015) and their incidence in relation to the gender and the age of the patients. Read More

J Mycol Med 2016 Dec 3;26(4):345-350. Epub 2016 Aug 3.

Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.

Objective: Dermatophytosis is considered as one of the major public health problems in the world. Accurate identification of the dermatophytes species is important for recognition of the environment and animal sources of infection. In this survey, 1500 clinical specimens taken from outpatients suspected of dermatophytosis and they were examined by direct microscopy and culture. Read More

Hautarzt 2016 Sep;67(9):706-11

Klinik für Hautkrankheiten, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Erfurter Str. 35, 07743, Jena, Deutschland.

Cutaneous infections with Trichophyton species of Arthroderma (A.) benhamiae are increasingly being detected in Germany. This dermatophyte typically causes tinea corporis, tinea faciei or tinea capitis with in part heavy clinical manifestation like kerion celsi. Read More

J Pediatr 2016 06 31;173:259. Epub 2016 Mar 31.

Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Department of Pediatric Medicine, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.

Indian Dermatol Online J 2015 Dec;6(Suppl 1):S43-6

Department of Dermatology, Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab, India.

Although candidiasis in newborns is not uncommon, superficial dermatophyte infections of infants is quite rare. The causative agents of neonatal tinea reported in various case studies have been Trichophyton rubrum, Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum, and Trichophyton violaceum. To the best of our knowledge, no case report of neonatal tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes has been reported earlier. Read More

Mycopathologia 2016 Aug 17;181(7-8):547-53. Epub 2016 Feb 17.

Abadan School of Medical sciences, Abadan, Iran.

Dermatophytosis is among the most common superficial mycoses in Iran. The purpose of this report was to update the clinical and mycological features of human dermatophytosis in the Khuzestan, southwestern Iran. In the framework of a one-year survey, a total of 4120 skin, hair and nail samples obtained from the outpatients with symptoms suggestive of tinea were analyzed by using direct microscopy, culture and molecular identification methods. Read More

Mycopathologia 2016 Jun 16;181(5-6):387-95. Epub 2016 Feb 16.

Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.

Superficial fungal infections are common worldwide; however, the distribution of pathogenic species varies among geographical areas and changes over time. This study aimed to determine the epidemiologic profile of superficial fungal infections during 2004-2014 in Guangzhou, Southern China. Data regarding the superficial mycoses from outpatients and inpatients in our hospital were recorded and analyzed. Read More

Rev Iberoam Micol 2016 Apr-Jun;33(2):126-8. Epub 2016 Jan 13.

Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario de Móstoles, Madrid, España.

Background: Trichophyton tonsurans is a dermatophyte fungus that can cause ringworm outbreaks. In our health area in September 2013, two cases of T. tonsurans ringworm were diagnosed in children who lived in a Children's Centre. Read More

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2015 Jan;46(1):105-9

An unusual case of chromoblastomycosis is reported, it resembled dermatophytosis, tinea faciei due to the presence of a well-demarcated scaly ery- thematous patch on the face. The patient was a 63-year-old farmer from central Thailand, who had the skin lesion for 10 years. Mycological and histopathologi- cal investigations of scales and skin biopsy specimen revealed a granulomatous infiltrate with sclerotic bodies, the hallmark of chromoblastomycosis. Read More

Hautarzt 2015 Nov;66(11):855-62

Labor für medizinische Mikrobiologie, Mölbiser Hauptstraße 8, 04571, Rötha/OT Mölbis, Deutschland.

Background: Microsporum (M.) canis, whose source of infection is mostly cats, is still considered as the most frequently occurring zoophilic dermatophyte in Germany and Europe. In distinct areas of Germany, the zoophilic dermatophyte Trichophyton (T. Read More

Ann Dermatol 2015 Jun 29;27(3):322-5. Epub 2015 May 29.

Department of Dermatology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Tinea incognito is a dermatophytic infection induced by immunosuppressive agents that lacks the classic features of a typical fungal infection. Although the treatment of tinea incognito is simple and relatively easy, its clinical manifestation varies and can masquerade as various skin disorders, causing misdiagnosis and thus preventing prompt and appropriate treatment. Here, we report an interesting case of tinea incognito occurring after topical steroid administration in an immunosuppressed patient with dermatitis artefacta. Read More

Case Rep Dermatol 2015 Jan-Apr;7(1):56-60. Epub 2015 Apr 9.

Department of Dermatology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan.

We present clinically peculiar facial discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) that mimicked tinea faciei. Although DLE is a chronic autoimmune dermatosis, it has a variety of rare clinical presentations, including periorbital DLE, comedonic DLE and hypertrophic DLE recently. In this case, a scaly, erythematous lesion on the eyelid and the central healed, mildly elevated, annularly distributed facial DLE mimicked tinea faciei, complicating our diagnosis. Read More

Med Mycol J 2015 ;56(1):E1-5

Department of Dermatology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital.

A 36-year-old female elementary schoolteacher presented with aggregated serous papules surrounded by mild erythema, extending from both nasal wings/nostrils down to the upper lip. No improvement was seen following treatment of the lesions with topical antibiotics for impetigo. Potassium hydroxide (KOH) direct microscopy confirmed the presence of mycelia, and the infection was diagnosed as tinea faciei. Read More

Springerplus 2014 9;3:134. Epub 2014 Mar 9.

Superannuated as Professor Microbiology, Veterinary Microbiology, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana India.

Dermatophytes are among the common fungal agents implicated in superficial skin infections worldwide. They include species of Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton. In hot and humid climates of tropical and subtropical regions, the incidence of these pathogens is higher. Read More

Drug Discov Ther 2014 Dec;8(6):245-8

Department of Immunology, Allergy & Vascular Biology, Kumamoto University.

From March 2008 through February 2014, 80 patients aged 1-95 years (43 men and 37 women) were diagnosed with tinea faciei by a rural Japanese clinic. The affected sites were the cheek in 42 patients (52.5%), the auricles and area surrounding the auricles in 16 (20. Read More

Dermatol Res Pract 2014 10;2014:842917. Epub 2014 Dec 10.

Department of Dermatology & Venereology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Fungal infections of the skin and nails are common global problems with attendant morbidity among affected individuals. Children are mostly affected due to predisposing factors such as overcrowding and low socioeconomic factors. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the clinical patterns of superficial fungal infections among primary school children in Ile-Ife. Read More