Fungal pathogens cause more than a billion human infections every year, resulting in more
than 1.6 million deaths annually. Understanding the natural history and evolutionary ecology …

Abstract Knowledge of the relationships and thus the classification of fungi, has developed
rapidly with increasingly widespread use of molecular techniques, over the past 10–15 …

A severe outbreak of highly virulent and multi-resistant dermatophytosis by species in the
Trichophyton mentagrophytes/T. interdigitale complex is ongoing in India. The correct …

In this report, we describe the first isolation of two highly terbinafine (TRF)-resistant
Trichophyton interdigitale-like strains from a Nepali patient and an Indian patient with tinea …

Tropical mycoses vary from the commonplace to the rare and exotic but they are seen
regularly even as imported conditions and it is important to consider the diagnosis, where …

The order Onygenales is classified in the class Eurotiomycetes of the subphylum
Pezizomycotina. Families in this order have classically been isolated from soil and dung …

Fungal infections of the skin, nails, and hair caused by dermatophyte species continue to be
a worldwide concern. The increase in terbinafine-resistant superficial dermatophytosis has …

The major problems in determining the causative factors of the high prevalence of
dermatophytoses include the lack of a well-standardized antifungal susceptibility testing …

A 6 month-old-female infant from Bahrain visiting Germany with her family for a holiday was
seen by us for extensive dermatophytosis of the back, buttocks, chest and groins. Topical …

Dermatophytosis is a widespread disease with high prevalence and a substantial economic
burden associated with costs of treatment. The pattern of this infectious disease covers a …