| a study of 3891 cases of mycoses in the tropics. | 4103 cases suspected of mycoses were analysed as to sex, age and site of disease and 3891 were proved cases. this group formed 50% of total mycoses or 13-93% of all dermatoses recorded in the government general hospital, madras, during the period of study. there were 66-26% adult female, 27-6% adult male and 6-14% were below 13 years. dermatophytoses were found in 73-5%; the other common diseases were tinea versicolor (17-68%) and candidiasis (12-43%). multiple sites of involvement or more than ... | 1976 | 134458 |
| trichophytosis by double infection of trichophyton schoenleinii and trichophyton violaceum. | chronic generalized trichophytosis in a 44-year-old female is reported. the disease began when she was 15 and gradually spread from the scalp. surviving hairs on the scalp and eyebrows showed an endothrix invasion. enlargement and fistulization of the cervical and axillary lymph nodes were also present. trichophyton schoenleinii was cultured from the scalp while trichophyton violaceum was isolated from the body skin, the nail and lymph nodes. griseofulvin produced significant improvement with oc ... | 1978 | 147521 |
| a study of tinea capitis in libya (benghazi). | tinea capitis formed 20% of all superficial mycotic infections, which in turn represented 12% of all skin disease diagnosed at the skin outpatient department of al-jamaheria hospital in benghazi. the majority (94%) of tinea capitis occurred in children. a sample of 200 cases cultured revealed trichophyton schoenleinii to be the most prevalent species of dermatophyte (69.5%) followed by microsporum audouinii. (23.8%). | 1979 | 531713 |
| [favus due to trichophyton schoenleinii (author's transl)]. | | 1976 | 968237 |
| some biochemical characteristics of a partially purified extracellular keratinase from trichophyton schoenleinii. | a trichophyton schoenleinii (t. schoenleinii) strain from tinea favus was cultured in a liquid medium, from which an extracellular keratinase extract was obtained. the keratinase was partially purified with carboxymethyl-cellulose (cmc) column chromatography. some biochemical characteristics of the keratinase were then examined. its molecular weight was estimated to be 38,000 on sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (sds-page). the optimal temperature was 50 degrees c, and t ... | 1992 | 1381647 |
| tinea capitis due to trichophyton schoenleinii. | | 1991 | 1818037 |
| [clinico-epidemiological findings in tinea capitis in adults]. | clinical and epidemiological data on 15 subjects with tinea capitis are reported. the patients, aged between 19 and 74, were observed from 1.1.1980 to 30.6.1990; 14 of them were females. the evidence of different clinical pictures is stressed. microsporum canis was isolated in 7 cases, trichophyton violaceum in 6 cases, and trichophyton schoenleinii in 2 cases. | 1990 | 2089001 |
| [johann lucas schönlein (1793-1864), a researcher and clinician]. | from 1833 to 1840, johann lucas schönlein, a native of bamberg, germany, was professor of internal medicine at the newly created university of zurich, switzerland. his career and professional personality are described succintly in this paper. schönlein was a most successful clinical teacher. he was the first german professor to teach at würzburg, 1819-1832) clinical percussion and auscultation. on the other hand, he obviously hated writing and publishing. his 3 important discoveries, all made du ... | 1990 | 2188938 |
| [tinea favosa. report of a familial occurrence in itapecerica da serra (municipality of greater são paulo)]. | four cases of tinea favosa occurred in the same family are reported in a small city of brazil (itapecerica da serra--state of são paulo). trichophyton schoenleinii was isolated from all four cases. treatment consisted of oral griseofulvin (10 mg/kg/day) for at least three months. | 1990 | 2259833 |
| macroconidia of trichophyton schoenleinii. | | 1971 | 4106827 |
| immunological studies on dermatophytes. 3. further analyses of the reactivities of neutral polysaccharides with rabbit antisera to microsporum quinckeanum, trichophyton schoenleinii, trichophyton rubrum, trichophyton interdigitale, and trichophyton granulosum. | the serological reactivities of polysaccharides isolated from five species of dermatophytes, microsporum quinckeanum, trichophyton granulosum, t. interdigitale, t. rubrum, and t. schoenleinii, with rabbit antisera to these species were studied qualitatively by precipitation in gel and quantitatively by complement-fixation analyses. significant differences in the serological reactivities of the galactomannans i were detected with antisera to t. schoenleinii and t. interdigitale. the differences a ... | 1968 | 4969608 |
| electron microsopic studies of the effect of tolnaftate on trichophyton schoenleinii. | | 1970 | 5201417 |
| experimental investigations into the therapeutic effect of griseogulvin in favus caused by trichophyton schoenleinii. | experimental investigations have been carried out in 32 children on the therapeutic effect of griseofulvin in favus caused by trichophyton schoenleinii and to determine the optimal treatment schedule.it was found that, while daily doses of 3.12 mg, 6.25 mg or 12.50 mg griseofulvin per kg of body-weight did bring about a measurable degree of inhibition of the fungal hyphae in infected hairs, a dose of 25 mg/kg daily for some 28 days was required to effect complete cure. the advantages of greater ... | 1965 | 5294590 |
| [hair damage caused by trichophyton schoenleinii examined under scanning-electron microscope before and after antimycotic treatment]. | | 1970 | 5517332 |
| monitored environment system to control cell growth, morphology, and metabolic rate in fungi by oxidation-reduction potentials. | a device for the adjustment, maintenance, and monitoring of a desired oxidation-reduction potential in a liquid environment is described. the filamentous species, penicillium lilacinum and trichophyton schoenleinii, and the dimorphic species, histoplasma capsulatum, developed budding yeastlike cells when grown in a liquid medium with a low oxidation-reduction potential. when the organisms were inoculated into fresh medium, they returned to the filamentous condition as the oxidation-reduction pot ... | 1968 | 5636453 |
| extracellular collagenase from trichophyton schoenleinii. | the dermatophyte trichophyton schoenleinii elaborates an extracellular collagenase which is specific for native collagen and gelatin and is separable from an enzyme which is active against azocoll. the fungal enzyme differs from the bacterial collagenases in its acid ph and small molecular weight. in addition, the fungal enzyme is irreversibly inhibited by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, whereas the bacterial enzymes can be restored by divalent cations, such as mg(++) and ca(++). | 1968 | 5636830 |
| further studies of the fluorescent compounds produced in vivo by trichophyton schoenleinii. | | 1966 | 5958824 |
| chronic mucocutaneous candidosis and other superficial and systemic mycoses successfully treated with ketoconazole. | four patients with chronic mucocutaneous candidosis from early infancy were treated successfully with ketoconazole given orally. all thrush lesions were clinically and mycologically cured within a few days of treatment with 100-400 micrograms of ketoconazole daily; skin lesions were cured within a few weeks, and nails were cured after about three months of treatment. delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity to candidin was acquired by the third month. cellular and humoral immunologic responses were re ... | 1980 | 6255540 |
| [mixed dermatophytic infection of the scalp with trichophyton schoenleinii and microsporum rivalieri]. | | 1983 | 6628796 |
| a survey of dermatophytes isolated from human patients in the united states from 1979 to 1981 with chronological listings of worldwide incidence of five dermatophytes often isolated in the united states. | a survey of dermatophytes isolated from patients seeking medical advice was made from 1979 to 1981 in the united states. the survey included 54 locations with data from 40 cities and 2 states. correlations of these data with that of the other localities of the world were made to illustrate the dynamic epidemiology of several common dermatophytes. the most often isolated dermatophyte in this survey was trichophyton rubrum having 53.66% of the total for these three calendar years. in a chronologic ... | 1984 | 6727982 |
| viability of trichophyton schoenleinii in epilated hairs. | | 1981 | 7256490 |
| dermatophytic flora of ankara (turkey). | during the period july 1, 1976, to december 31, 1978, 1,227 dermatophytes were isolated from 2,702 specimens taken from suspected cases of dermatophytosis. the dermatophytic flora was found to consist mainly of anthropophilic species. trichophyton rubrum was by far the most frequently isolated species. tinea capitis was caused in 36.1% of all cases by trichophyton verrucosum, in 13.9% by microsporum canis and trichophyton violaceum, in 11.1% by trichophyton schoenleinii and trichophyton granulos ... | 1981 | 7262383 |
| dermatophytoses in iran. | a total of 12,150 cases of suspected dermatophytoses in different areas of iran were studied between 1986 and 1991. the age groups most commonly infected were 1-9 and 20-29 years. clinical diagnosis was confirmed in only 9345 cases by laboratory examination. of these positive samples, 1633 cases were found to be positive by direct microscopic observation only, 429 by culture only and 7283 by both techniques. scalp ringworm of children was the most common type of tinea. but according to the rate ... | 1994 | 7935592 |
| tinea capitis in northwestern europe 1963-1993: etiologic agents and their changing prevalence. | although tinea capitis is endemic in many countries, its prevalence in northwestern europe (belgium and the netherlands) has not been established. | 1994 | 7960348 |
| expression of pz-peptidases by cultures of several pathogenic fungi. purification and characterization of a collagenase from trichophyton schoenleinii. | peptidolytic activity was studied in the broken-cell extracts of 17 isolates of pathogenic fungi tested with phenylazobenzyloxycarbonyl-pro-leu-gly-pro-arg (pz-plgpa) as a substrate. all the fungi studied except candida spp., cryptococcus neoformans and two actinomycetes hydrolyzed the substrate and therefore contained a so-called pz-peptidase activity. of all the positive strains, trichophyton schoenleinii, a pathogenic fungus showed the highest activity and was therefore chosen as a source for ... | 1996 | 8732352 |
| a focus of favus due to trichophyton schoenleinii in rio grande do sul, brasil. | | 1997 | 9394528 |
| epidemiological study of tinea capitis in schoolchildren in the nablus area (west bank). | a study of tinea capitis was carried out during the period january-june 1996 in 7525 primary schoolchildren aged 6-14 years comprising 4050 boys and 3475 girls in the nablus district in the palestinian area. fourteen primary schools located in rural, urban and refugee camp areas were surveyed in this study. seventy-five (1.0%) mycologically proven cases of tinea capitis were detected. the incidence was higher in schools in rural areas (1.9%) than in refugee camps (1.1%) or urban areas (0.4%). al ... | 1998 | 9715641 |
| phylogenetic classification and species identification of dermatophyte strains based on dna sequences of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 regions. | the mutual phylogenetic relationships of dermatophytes of the genera trichophyton, microsporum, and epidermophyton were demonstrated by using internal transcribed spacer 1 (its1) region ribosomal dna sequences. trichophyton spp. and microsporum spp. form a cluster in the phylogenetic tree with epidermophyton floccosum as an outgroup, and within this cluster, all trichophyton spp. except trichophyton terrestre form a nested cluster (100% bootstrap support). members of dermatophytes in the cluster ... | 1999 | 10074502 |
| etiology of dermatophytoses amongst children in northeastern nigeria. | a survey of dermatophytoses was carried out amongst primary school children in borno state, nigeria, during february 1997 to january 1998. a total of 2,193 children aged 4-16 years were screened. out of these, 154 (7.0%) were proved to be mycologically positive by microscopy, culture or both. incidence was significantly higher (p <0.05) in young children aged 7-11 years (8.1%) and 4-6 years (6.9%) than in older children aged 12-16 years (3.6%). there was a significant difference in the incidence ... | 2001 | 11346266 |
| the aetiological agents of tinea capitis in zaragoza (spain). | between 1977 and 1997, 190 cases of tinea capitis were observed. the age groups most commonly infected were 1-10 years old. the following dermatophytes were isolated: microsporum canis (119), trichophyton mentagrophytes (57), trichophyton tonsurans (seven), trichophyton verrucosum (three), trichophyton violaceum (one), trichophyton schoenleinii (one), trichophyton soudanense (one) and microsporum audouinii (one). | 2001 | 11398641 |
| dermatophyte pseudomycetoma of the scalp: case report and review. | we report the first case of a scalp pseudomycetoma due to trichophyton schoenleinii in a 15-year-old girl from senegal. the lesion was not associated with tinea capitis. long-term antifungal therapy with itraconazole and terbinafine was unsuccessful but a favourable outcome was obtained after surgical removal of the lesion. between 1973 and 1999, only 12 previous cases of dermatophyte pseudomycetoma of the scalp were reported in the literature. clinical features and therapeutic outcomes of these ... | 2001 | 11453926 |
| guess what! tinea capitis by trichophyton schöenleinii. | | 2001 | 11525964 |
| case reports. tinea capitis due to trichophyton soudanense and trichophyton schoenleinii. | four cases of tinea capitis, two due to trichophyton soudanense in italian children who had had contact with africans, and two due to trichophyton schoenleinii in an african and an italian child, respectively, are reported. infections caused by anthropophilic dermatophytes are rare in italy and are related to immigration. the most frequent agents of tinea capitis in italy are zoophilic dermatophytes. | 2002 | 12472732 |
| favus due to trichophyton schoenleinii in a patient with metastatic bronchial carcinoma. | | 2003 | 12786844 |
| [on the differential diagnosis of trichophyton verrucosum from achorion schoenleinii in a case of favus capits]. | | 1962 | 13896345 |
| tinea capitis favosa in poland. | tinea capitis favosa is uncommon in europe. we describe two patients who had local alopecia caused by trichophyton schoenleinii. in the first case, we observed good clinical response after griseofulvin treatment and in the second case after topical application of ciclopirox cream. | 2004 | 15189196 |
| case reports: tinea corporis in a 13-year-old german girl due to trichophyton schoenleinii. | we report the first case of a tinea corporis with partly profound lesions in a 13-year-old girl on her arms, legs and trunk due to trichophyton schoenleinii but without any lesion on scalp and hair. moreover, this is the first case of an infection with trichophyton schoenleinii in germany since more than 40 years. the diagnosis was confirmed by microscopy of mycological specimens. other causes of the skin symptoms could be excluded (atopic dermatitis, bacterial or other fungal infection). clinic ... | 2004 | 15601459 |
| trichophyton fungal keratitis. | to report 5 cases of fungal keratitis caused by trichophyton schoenleinii. | 2006 | 16331054 |
| aetiological agents of tinea capitis in tehran (iran). | a total of 1568 patients with suspected tinea capitis were examined for causative fungal agents between 1994 and 2001. laboratory examination confirmed tinea capitis in 209 patients. males were affected more frequently (67.5%) than females (32.5%) and in both sexes, those who were 3-11 years old, were more infected. trichophyton violaceum was the most common aetiological agent (37.3%) followed by trichophyton schoenleinii (21.5%), microsporum canis (18.6%), trichophyton verrocosum (14.8%), trich ... | 2006 | 16367822 |
| five-hour diagnosis of dermatophyte nail infections with specific detection of trichophyton rubrum. | a rapid two-step dna extraction method and a multiplex pcr for the detection of dermatophytes in general and trichophyton rubrum specifically were developed and evaluated with dna extracted from pure cultures and from clinically diseased nails. dna from the following dermatophytes was used: epidermophyton floccosum, microsporum audouinii, microsporum canis, microsporum gypseum, microsporum nanum, trichophyton mentagrophytes, trichophyton rubrum, trichophyton schoenleinii, trichophyton soudanense ... | 2007 | 17267633 |
| tinea capitis favosa due to trichophyton schoenleinii. | a case of a tinea capitis caused by trichophyton schoenleinii is presented. it involves a 6-year old tunisian boy that had presented with diffuse scaling of the scalp misdiagnosed as psoriasis and was treated unsuccessfully with keratolytic shampoos for two years. tinea favosa due to trichophyton schoenleinii was confirmed by mycological examination. he was successfully treated with griseofulvin for 6 weeks and topical application of imidazole. trichophyton schoenleinii is an important anthropop ... | 2007 | 17992453 |
| an epidemiological survey of tinea capitis in sarajevo, bosnia and herzegovina over a 10-year period. | the aim of this study was to determine the incidence and aetiological agents of tinea capitis in sarajevo area, bosnia and herzegovina, during a 10-year period (1997-2006). a total of 707 patients with suspected dermatophyte infections of scalp was analysed. tinea capitis was determined in 241 (34.1%) of these patients, in whom causative agents were identified in 209 (29.6%). zoophilic dermatophytes (91.8%) prevailed over anthropophilic (7.2%) and geophilic (1.0%) dermatophytes. microsporum cani ... | 2008 | 18254754 |
| changes in frequency of agents of tinea capitis in school children from western china suggest slow migration rates in dermatophytes. | tinea capitis is a common dermatophyte infection of the scalp of children in western china, with the gray-patch from being the most prevalent. twenty years ago, the most widespread etiologic agent was reported to be trichophyton violaceum, which was later succeeded by microsporum ferrugineum and trichophyton schoenleinii. in the framework of our recent study, 97 isolates were collected from patients with clinically suspected tinea capitis. identification was performed by conventional methods and ... | 2008 | 18608883 |
| [dermatophytoses due to anthropophilic fungi in cadiz, spain, between 1997 and 2008]. | cutaneous fungal infections are a major public health problem. the distribution of the dermatophytoses varies between countries and geographical areas. the aim of this study was to determine the incidence, epidemiology, etiology, and clinical course of the dermatophytoses caused by anthropophilic fungi in cadiz, spain, over the past 12 years. | 2010 | 20398600 |
| favus of the scalp: an overview and update. | tinea capitis favosa, a chronic inflammatory dermatophyte infection of the scalp, affects over 90% of patients with anthropophilic trichophyton schoenleinii. t. violaceum, t. verrucosum, zoophilic t. mentagrophytes (referred to as 'var. quinckeanum'), microsporum canis, and geophilic m. gypseum have also been recovered from favic lesions. favus is typically a childhood disease, yet adult cases are not uncommon. interestingly, favus is less contagious than other dermatophytoses, although intrafam ... | 2010 | 20411336 |
| case report: onychomycosis due to trichophyton schoenleinii. | | 2011 | 21771109 |
| trichophyton schoenleinii-induced widespread tinea corporis mimicking parapsoriasis. | we report a case of extensive tinea corporis in an 80-year-old woman on her forearms, thighs, legs, buttocks and trunk, mimicking parapsoriasis due to trichophyton schoenleinii, without scalp involvement. diagnosis of trichophyton schoenleinii was confirmed by microscopy and mycological culture specimens. | 2012 | 23518026 |
| tinea infection with scutula-like lesions caused by microsporum gypseum in a sle patient: case report and literature review. | scutula are characteristic lesions of tinea favosa or favus; the most frequently identified causative organism is trichophyton schoenleinii. although scutula-like lesions were described in microsporum gypseum infection, their presence on glabrous skin in a patient with sle has not been reported previously. we report a case of tinea infection with scutula-like lesions caused by microsporum gypseum in a sle patient, who was treated with topical terbinafine cream, and the lesions resolved completel ... | 2013 | 23912467 |
| dermatophyte and non dermatophyte fungi in riyadh city, saudi arabia. | dermatophytes are a scientific label for a group of three genera (microsporum, epidermophyton and trichophyton) of fungus that causes skin disease in animals and humans. conventional methods for identification of these fungi are rapid and simple but are not accurate comparing to molecular methods. | 2015 | 26288566 |
| fungal infections among diabetic foot ulcer- patients attending diabetic clinic in kenyatta national hospital, kenya. | to isolate and identify fungal pathogens associated with dermatophytoses in diabetic patients and identify the spectrum of yeasts colonising diabetic foot ulcers at kenyatta national hospital. | 2011 | 24968597 |
| the changing face of dermatophytic infections worldwide. | dermatophytes evolve along with the geography and socioeconomic conditions. epidermophyton floccosum, microsporum audouinii and trichophyton schoenleinii acted as the major pathogens of superficial fungal diseases 100 years ago, but their frequency decreased dramatically since the middle of the twentieth century and they are limited to some less-developed countries nowadays; meanwhile, frequency of trichophyton rubrum, trichophyton interdigitale, trichophyton tonsurans and microsporum canis incr ... | 2017 | 27783316 |
| inactivation of pathogenic dermatophytes by ultraviolet irradiation in swimming pool thermal water. | the effect of ultraviolet (uv) radiation from low-pressure mercury lamp against some pathogenic dermatophytes species such as epidermophyton floccosum, trichophyton mentagrophytes, trichophyton rubrum, trichophyton schoenleinii, trichophyton tonsurans and trichophyton violaceum suspended in thermal water was evaluated in laboratory-scale condition at various times. the main results showed that within 120 s of exposure, all species of dermatophytes are completely inactivated, which was evidenced ... | 2014 | 24024625 |
| tinea capitis: temporal shift in pathogens and epidemiology. | tinea capitis is the most common type of dermatomycosis in children. its pathogen profile shows geographic variations as well as temporal shifts. | 2016 | 27509419 |
| tinea capitis: erregerspektrum und epidemiologie im zeitlichen wandel. | die tinea capitis ist die häufigste dermatomykose des kindesalters. das erregerprofil zeigt unterschiedliche geographische verteilungsmuster und variiert im laufe der zeit. | 2016 | 27509418 |
| [tropical and travel-related dermatomycoses: part 1: dermatophytoses]. | today, tropical and travel-related dermatomycoses must be increasingly anticipated to present in dermatological offices and clinics. skin infections due to dermatophytes or other fungi may occur after a journey in countries with a high prevalence for the respective causative fungal pathogen, e.g., tinea corporis due to trichophyton soudanense. otherwise, more frequently, single infections and even localized outbreaks due to "exotic" or "imported" pathogens of dermatophytoses occur. these epidemi ... | 2015 | 25868571 |
| cat favus caused by microsporum incurvatum comb. nov.: the clinical and histopathological features and molecular phylogeny. | favus is a distinctive form of infection that is caused by exclusively dermatophytes. its clinical presentation is characterized by scutula, which are concave, thick fungal crusts. the best-known examples of human scalp favus are caused by trichophyton schoenleinii and those of mouse favus are caused by t. quinckeanum. however, other dermatophytes, such as t. violaceum, t. verrucosum, microsporum audouinii, m. gallinae, m. gypseum, and m. canis, have been reported sporadically to cause favic les ... | 2014 | 24625676 |
| dermatophytes from skin lesions of domestic animals in nsukka, enugu state, nigeria. | dermatophytes are well-recognized cutaneous fungi with public health implications. in nigeria, several studies have been carried out on dermatophytosis in humans; however, data on dermatophytes in animals are lacking. | 2012 | 22913664 |
| [a recurrent case of adult favus successfully treated with terbinafine]. | favus or tinea capitis favosa, is a chronic inflammatory dermatophytosis of the scalp. the disease is particularly common in children aged 6 to 10 years, more often in boys, and it also occurs in adults. human-to-human transmission is therefore possible. anthropophilic trichophyton schöenleinii is responsible for over 95% of favus cases. in addition, there are rare cases of anthropophilic t.violaceum, zoophilic (t.verrucosum, t.quinckeanum, and microsporum canis) and geophilic m.gypseum species ... | 2015 | 26649420 |
| the anti-dermatophyte activity of allium hirtifolium boiss aqueous extract. | in an attempt at demonstrating the efficacy of allium hirtifolium aqueous extract in control of skin fungal infections as traditional use, we evaluated the anti-dermatophyte activities of a. hirtifolium aqueous extract from bulbs and of ketoconazole against trichophyton rubrum, trichophyton mentagrophytes, microsporum canis, m. gypseum, trichophyton schoenleinii and trichophyton verrucosum var. album by food poisoning technique, disc diffusion and micro broth dilution assays. the anti-fungal act ... | 2015 | 25456419 |
| evolution of tinea capitis in the nanchang area, southern china: a 50-year survey (1965-2014). | tinea capitis remains a common public health problem worldwide especially in developing areas. aetiologic agents and clinical pattern vary with geography and history of socioeconomic conditions. three community surveys and a prospective study were carried out over the past 50 years (1965-2014) in the qingyunpu district of nanchang, southern china. clinical presentation and spectrum of aetiological agents were monitored to understand the evolution of tinea capitis. in 1965 favus was highly epidem ... | 2015 | 25756741 |
| in vitro antifungal susceptibility profiles of 12 antifungal drugs against 55 trichophyton schoenleinii isolates from tinea capitis favosa patients in iran, turkey, and china. | trichophyton schoenleinii is an anthropophilic dermatophyte mainly causing tinea favosa of the scalp in certain regions of the world, especially africa and asia. we investigated the in vitro susceptibilities of 55 t. schoenleinii isolates collected over the last 30 years from iran, turkey, and china to 12 antifungals using the clsi broth microdilution method. our results revealed that terbinafine and ketoconazole were the most potent antifungal agents among those tested, independently of the geo ... | 2017 | 27956429 |
| an unusual case of tinea capitis caused by trichophyton schoenleinii in an elderly female. | | 2017 | 25657920 |
| tinea capitis favosa misdiagnosed as tinea amiantacea. | favus of the scalp or tinea capitis favosa is a chronic dermatophyte infection of the scalp. in almost cases, favus is caused by trichophyton schoenleinii, anthropophilic dermatophyte. it is characterized by the presence of scutula and severe alopecia. besides the classic clinical type of tinea capitis favosa, there are many variant of clinical form which may persist undiagnosed for many years. in this work, we report an atypical form of favus to trichophyton schoenleinii which was misdiagnosed ... | 2012 | 24432210 |
| robert remak (1815-1865): discoverer of the fungal character of dermatophytoses. | robert remak was the first scientist to undertake successful research on fungal skin infections. a neurologist, physiologist, and embryologist, remak was the first to observe the fungal changes causing the disease of favus; however, he gave credit for the discovery to professor johann schönlein and denied all attempts by others to credit him with the discovery by calling them a mistake. he named the disease achorion schönleinii; however, over time, the name was changed to trichophyton schoenlein ... | 2013 | 24312990 |
| human pathogenic fungus trichophyton schoenleinii activates the nlrp3 inflammasome. | the fungus trichophyton schoenleinii (t. schoenleinii) is the causative agent of trichophytosis and tinea favosa of the scalp in certain regions of eurasia and africa. human innate immune system plays an important role in combating with various pathogens including fungi. the inflammasome is one of the most critical arms of host innate immunity, which is a protein complex controlling maturation of il-1β. to clarify whether t. schoenleinii is able to activate the inflammasome, we analyzed human mo ... | 2013 | 23686720 |
| pitfall scarring alopecia: favus closely mimicking lichen planus. | we describe a woman presenting primarily with slowly progressing scarring alopecia. course, symptoms, and clinical picture were highly suggestive for lichen planus. but mycological investigations revealed that cicatricial alopecia was caused by a specific infection with trichophyton schoenleinii running a chronic course with minimal skin inflammation. | 2013 | 23294414 |
| tinea corporis bullosa due to trichophyton schoenleinii: case report. | we report the first case of tinea corporis bullosa due to trichophyton schoenleinii in a 41-year-old romanian woman, without any involvement of the scalp and hair. the species identification was performed using macroscopic and microscopic features of the dermatophyte and its physiological abilities. epidemiological aspects of the case are also discussed. the general treatment with terbinafine and topical applications of ciclopiroxolamine cream have led to complete healing, with the lesions disap ... | 2012 | 22576942 |
| the discovery of achorion schoenleinii. facts and stories (johann lucas schoenlein and robert remak). | | 1985 | 3889638 |
| [stimulation and inhibition of growth of pathogenic fungi: achorion schoenleinii and gypseum granulosum by vitamins pp, b6, c, d2, d3, a, and k]. | | 1952 | 13037500 |
| [tinea capitis: main mycosis child. epidemiological study on 10years]. | despite the changes in their epidemiology, and the improving level of hygiene of the population, tinea capitis is still considered a public health problem in our country, and is the most common type of dermatophytosis in our country. the aim of our study was to evaluate the epidemiological, clinical and mycological features of tinea capitis in children encountered in the tunis region. a retrospective study concerned 1600 children aged 6 months to 15 years suspected to have tinea capitis was cond ... | 2017 | 28501468 |