No abstract available.
Tinea Pedis* ; Tinea* ; Trichosporon*

BACKGROUND: Topical 1% butenafine hydrochloride cream, a new benzylamine derivative, has been reported to have antimycotic effect. OBJECTIVE: An open trial as conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of 1% butenafine hydrochloride cream used once daily in the treatment of tinea pecis. METHODS: Of 45 patients with clinically and mycologically proertinea pedis from the department of dermatology at Kosin medical college hospital, 42 patient, who could be monitored to the end of this study were evaluated. They applied 1% butenafine hydrochloride cream once daily until clinical improvement became evident or for 4 weeks and the effects were evaluated clinically and mycologically. RESULTS: 1. From the mycological studies at the initial visit, causative organisms were isolated from 36 patients out of the 42 subjects and Trichophyton rubrum was most comnmon organism. 2. The negative conversion rate of the mycological study( negative microscopy and negative culture) was 90.5%(38/42) after 4 weeks of treatment. 3. The effective treatment vate at 4 weeks was 90.5%(38/42) 4. A adverse effects of using 1% butenafine hydrochloride cream was noted in 1 patient, who had a moderate degree of puritus, out of the 42 subjects. The presritus disappeared soon after the cessation of application of the cream. CONCLUSION: 1% butenafine lydrochloride cream is effective andafe in the treatment of tinea pedis.
Dermatology ; Humans ; Microscopy ; Tinea Pedis* ; Tinea* ; Trichophyton

BACKGROUND: Tinea pedis is the most common dermatophytosis which is usually treated by antifungal agent. Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in potential phototherapy for the local treatment of bacterial and fungal infection. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic effect of full spectrum light (F.S.L) phototherapy for patients with tinea pedis. METHODS: Lesions were irradiated for 20 minutes, 2 times a week for 4 consecutive weeks with F.S.L. emitting wavelengths from 320 nm to 5000 nm. Clinical symptoms were observed and KOH direct smear and fungal culture were done. RESULTS: Global assessment score was improved after the application of eight sessions of F.S.L phototherapy. 18% of total patient were cleared, 45.4% a marked improvement, 27.3% a mild improvement and 9.1% of patients had no effect. And the fungal exams, KOH direct smear and culture, were conversion to negative in 7 out of 11 patients. Significant adverse effects were not observed. CONCLUSION: F.S.L phototherapy might be another treatment option for the tinea pedis patients.
Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique ; Humans ; Light ; Phototherapy ; Tinea ; Tinea Pedis

A mating study was performed by crossing 333 isolates of Trichophyton mentugrophytes with+and tester strains of Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii, A. benhamiae and A. simit from January 1980 to December 1983 Three hundred and thiirteen were compatible with A. vanbreuseghemri consisting of 167 of+type and 146 of type and twenty were indeterminate. The cleistothecia formed by crossing the isolates with tester strains of A. vanbreaseghemii were fewer in number and smaller in size than those of tester strains. The sexual dogeneration was observed in all of the isolates compared with tester strains. The colonial morphological features of the isolates of T. mentagrophytes were observed as 24p isolates of the granulosum-asteroides form, 66 of the powdery form and 7 of the downy form on 1/10 Sabouraud agar with salts in culture. The mat- ing type showed the higher type in the granulosumasteroides forrn and + type in the powdery and downy forms. The + type increased from 1981 to 1983, and the type showed a marked increase in 1983. The + type was predominant in tinea pedis et unguim and tinea cruris, and type in tinea faciale and tinea manuurn. The + type showed nearly equal incidence in the spring, winter and summer, and the lowest in the autumn, compared to the highest in the winter and the lowest in the summer in the type.
Agar ; Arthrodermataceae ; Incidence ; Salts ; Tinea ; Tinea Pedis ; Trichophyton*

No abstract available.
Atherosclerosis ; Bacterial Infections ; Foot Ulcer ; Foot ; Tinea Pedis ; Tinea

BACKGROUND: Dermatophytoses in children are commonly seen but relatively infrequent than adults. Dermatophytoses in children can be different clinically and mycologically from those in adults in that children experience rapid physical changes and they have different skin features and environments from those of adults. OBJECTIVE: The goal of this research is to understand the clinical and mycological characteristics of dermatophytoses in children. METHODS: This clinical and mycological investigation was made with 15,684 patients under age 18 who were diagnosed with dermatophytoses from April, 1976 to March, 2005. RESULTS: The results can be summarized as follows: 1. The incidence of dermatophytoses in children to total number of pediatric outpatients was 6.4%. Male patients were 9,475 and female patients were 6,209 leaving male to female ratio of 1.5:1. Dermatophytoses showed high incidence in the age group between 13 and 18 (7,009). 2. Tinea pedis was 4,020 cases and the most common, followed by tinea cruris, tinea capitis, tinea corporis, tinea unguium, tinea faciale. Tinea capitis largely increased in 1980s and is falling off through 1990s, tinea pedis tends to increase since 1990s. The onsets in summer were the most eminent. 3. Among 15,684 cases, 9,395 cases (59.9%) yielded isolated strains on fungal culture. Trichophyton (T.) rubrum was 5,049 strains (53.7%) and the most common among the total isolated 9,395 strains followed by Microsporum (M.) canis, and T. mentagrophytes. M. canis was the most commonly isolated organism in tinea capitis and tinea manus but in other cases T. rubrum was. CONCLUSIONS: Dermatophytoses in children are different clinically and mycologically from those in adults and vary with the change of the times.
Adult ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Microsporum ; Onychomycosis ; Outpatients ; Skin ; Tinea ; Tinea Capitis ; Tinea Pedis ; Trichophyton

Dermatophytosis is the general term of the superficial infection by dermatophytes. Dermatophytes grow and survive only in the dead keratin of the stratum corneum, hair, nails. Fungi cause the skin lesion provoking the inflammatory response. Dermatophytosis is classified as tinea capitis, tinea corporis, tinea barbae, tinea mauum, tinea pedis, tinea unguium according to the involved area. The clinical manifestation is related with the characteristics of the involved areas such as skin, hair or nail, and with the depth of stratum corneum according to the anatomical location. For this reason, treatment time and method are different. The feet are the most commonly infected site by the dermatophytes, occupying 33~40% of all dermatophytosis. Tinea pedis is common in the 3rd to 5th decade and rare in children. The primary regimen for local treatment is topical application of antifungal ointment, but in case of secondary infection antibiotic and/or steroid ointment therapy is necessary before fungal treatment. If the disease is intractable for ointment treatment, oral adminstration of antifungal drug is needed. The focus for effective treatment is prevention and treatment of all family members because the infection sources are from family and her or himself.
Arthrodermataceae ; Child ; Coinfection ; Foot ; Fungi ; Hair ; Humans ; Onychomycosis ; Skin ; Tinea Capitis ; Tinea Pedis* ; Tinea*

Dermatophytosis is the general term of the superficial infection by dermatophytes. Dermatophytes grow and survive only in the dead keratin of the stratum corneum, hair, nails. Fungi cause the skin lesion provoking the inflammatory response. Dermatophytosis is classified as tinea capitis, tinea corporis, tinea barbae, tinea mauum, tinea pedis, tinea unguium according to the involved area. The clinical manifestation is related with the characteristics of the involved areas such as skin, hair or nail, and with the depth of stratum corneum according to the anatomical location. For this reason, treatment time and method are different. The feet are the most commonly infected site by the dermatophytes, occupying 33~40% of all dermatophytosis. Tinea pedis is common in the 3rd to 5th decade and rare in children. The primary regimen for local treatment is topical application of antifungal ointment, but in case of secondary infection antibiotic and/or steroid ointment therapy is necessary before fungal treatment. If the disease is intractable for ointment treatment, oral adminstration of antifungal drug is needed. The focus for effective treatment is prevention and treatment of all family members because the infection sources are from family and her or himself.
Arthrodermataceae ; Child ; Coinfection ; Foot ; Fungi ; Hair ; Humans ; Onychomycosis ; Skin ; Tinea Capitis ; Tinea Pedis* ; Tinea*

Trychophyton (T.) rubrum is the most prevalent pathogen among causative fungi of dermatophytosis. Primary infection of T. rubrum can be spread by autoinoculation or other reason and some suggests this generalized infection can be a syndrome. We report two cases of T. rubrum syndrome. The first patient, a 43-year-old male, had a tinea pedis with tinea unguium, tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and tinea manus. The second patient, a 73-year-old female, had a tinea pedis with tinea unguium, tinea manus, tinea corporis, tinea capitis, and tinea faciale. Causative pathogens were T. rubrum.
Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Fungi ; Humans ; Male ; Onychomycosis ; Tinea ; Tinea Capitis ; Tinea Pedis ; Trichophyton

Trichophyton rubrum is an anthropophilic dermatophyte that is found all over the world, It has become one of the most important causative agents in tinea unguium and tinea pedis. But tinea capitis caused by T. rubrum is rare. Tinea capitis is uncommon in adult. We report a case of tinea capitis caused by T. rubrum in a 67-year-old female, who showed fine scaly erythematous pustules with alopecia on the frontal scalp for 2 months. Culture from a scalp lesion of patient on Sabouraud dextrose agar showed typical whitish cottony colonies of T. rubrum. The patient had been treated with terbinafine.
Adult ; Agar ; Aged* ; Alopecia ; Arthrodermataceae ; Female ; Glucose ; Humans ; Onychomycosis ; Scalp ; Tinea Capitis* ; Tinea Pedis ; Tinea* ; Trichophyton*