In a paper published in Mycology, researchers investigated the adaptive mechanisms of Microsporum canis, a dermatophyte transitioning from animal to human hosts. Using comparative genomics, the study ...

Ringworm in horses is a common fungal skin infection that, despite what its name suggests, isn’t caused by a worm but by a ...

Almost every ringworm infection in cats is caused by one type of dermatophyte called Microsporum canis. Dogs and people are also infected by this species. Trichophyton mentagrophytes can cause ...

A common symptom of Lyme disease is a bullseye-shaped rash. However, many other conditions may cause a similar rash, including ringworm, fixed drug reactions, and allergic reactions to insect ...

Cutaneous fungal infections that generally require systemic antifungal therapy include tinea capitis and onychomycosis. Tinea capitis, which is most often caused by Trichophyton tonsurans,is among ...

1 Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Biological Resources in Tarim Basin of Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Xinjiang, China 2 College of Life Sciences and Technology, Tarim ...

Candida spp. is associated with almost 80% of all nosocomial fungal infections and is considered the major cause of blood stream infections and its infections involve a broad spectrum of superficial ...