Fungal infections affecting the skin, hair and nails remain a major global health concern, with dermatophytes representing a highly prevalent group of pathogens. These organisms invade keratinised ...

There appear to be no differences in efficacy or safety between pulse and continuous regimens of terbinafine and no differences between pulse and continuous regimens of itraconazole for dermatophyte ...

Cats, like all other domesticated animals, are susceptible to the unpleasant fungal infection of the skin, hair and nails known as ringworm. However, there are common misconceptions about the ...

As the number of drug-resistant and other troublesome tinea infections grows, perhaps the only certainty is that these are not the tinea subtypes that most providers studied in medical school. As ...

Dermatophyte infections, the most common kind of fungal infection in the skin, hair, or nails, affect an estimated 25 percent of the world's population and have accounted for 51 million outpatient ...

Dermatophytosis, or tinea, is a fungal infection involving superficial portions of the skin, hair and nails. The infection is usually caused by one of three genera: Epidermophyton, Microsporum or ...