| [trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei infection contracted from a hedgehog]. | occasionally the hedgehog (erinaceus europaeus) is infected by trichophyton mentagrophytes (robin) blanchard var. erinacei. this zoophilic dermatophyte may cause a difficult human phlegmatic trichophytia infection. the thread-fungus grows on the usual culture-medium with a clear-white surface without radius-folding. the lower surface of the culture shows a typical brillant-yellow colour. microscopically the fungus presents abundant microconidia formation and a few distinct macroconidia. cross-br ... | 1979 | 155666 |
| an epizootic of dermatophytosis caused by trichophyton simii in poultry. | | 1973 | 4703460 |
| trichophyton simii. | | 1965 | 4953472 |
| genetic study on the incompatibility system in arthroderma simii. | | 1972 | 5021388 |
| trichophyton simii infections in chickens, dogs and man in india. | | 1969 | 5392731 |
| sexual stimulation between arthroderma simii stockd., mackenzie & austwick and related species. | | 1968 | 5647151 |
| mating reactions of trichophyton simii and t. mentagrophytes strains from poultry farm soil in india. | | 1968 | 5692859 |
| arthroderma simii sp. nov., the perfect state of trichophyton simii (pinoy) comb. nov. | | 1965 | 5874151 |
| isolation of trichophyton simii and cryptococcus neoformans from soil in india. | | 1967 | 6044461 |
| studies in the differentiation between microsporum ferrugineum ota and trichophyton soudanense joyeux. | a study, conducted with 20 isolates of microsporum ferrugineum and 12 isolates of trichophyton soudanense, revealed that some of the discrepancies in the literature regarding their characteristics and differentiation were due to methodology, strain variation and the use of an insufficient number of isolates. we found all isolates of t. soudanense to be urease negative and gelatinase positive (usually by the first week); to produce brown to black colonies on lowenstein-jensen medium; to rapidly d ... | 1984 | 6371542 |
| dermatophytes from cases of skin disease in cats and dogs in turin, italy. | in urban environments, pet animals such as dogs and cats may be largely responsible for the progressive increase of zoophilic over anthropophilic dermatophytes in the aetiology of human dermatophytoses. mapping, in each city, of the natural foci of zoophilic dermatophytes may thus be important for understanding the epidemiology of human dermatophytoses, and for planning preventive measures. we have surveyed dogs and cats suspected of carrying dermatophytic lesions in the turin area. hairs, skin ... | 1995 | 8531941 |
| minipreparation of total cellular dna is useful as an alternative molecular marker of mitochondrial dna for the identification of trichophyton mentagrophytes and t. rubrum. | total cellular dna was extracted from 18 isolates of trichophyton mentagrophytes and six isolates of unidentified trichophyton species taken from tinea corporis, tinea cruris and tinea pedis patients by a minipreparation method. the dna was digested with the restriction enzymes haeiii and mspi, followed by electrophoresis on agarose gels. the restriction enzyme profiles of the dnas were compared with those of mitochondrial (mt) dna extracted from reference strains of t. mentagrophytes (arthroder ... | 1996 | 8786754 |
| ultrastructure of the ascospore formation of arthroderma simii. | ascospore formation of arthroderma simii was observed using electron microscopy. using scanning electron microscopy, many round asci were observed inside the gymnothecia obtained by 4 weeks of incubation after mating. ascospores were produced inside the asci, then discoid-shaped mature ascospores were observed through the degenerate and disrupted ascus cell wall. disseminated ascospores were observed outside the gymnothecium 7 weeks after inoculation. using transmission electron microscopy, the ... | 1998 | 9670765 |
| antibacterial, antidermatophytic and antitoxigenic activities of onion (allium cepa l.) oil. | the inhibitory effect of onion oil against the growth of various isolates of bacteria representing gram-positive (4 isolates) and gram-negative (4 isolates) species were studied. results show that onion oil was highly active against all gram-positive bacteria tested and only one isolate (klebsiella pneumoniae) of gram-negative bacteria. the inhibitory effect of onion oil against nine different species of dermatophytic fungi were also studied. onion oil (200 ppm) completely inhibited the growth o ... | 1995 | 7600010 |
| incidence of keratinophilic fungi from selected soils of kerala state (india). | one hundred and fifty-eight soil samples were collected from various areas of four districts of kerala and screened for prevalence of keratinophilic fungi and related dermatophytes. from the positive samples (60.75%), a total of eight genera with 15 species were isolated viz., arthroderma simii (0.63%), chrysosporium indicum (20.25%), c. keratinophilum (6.96%). c. lobatum (1.26%), c. pannicola (1.26%), c. tropicum (5.06%), chrysosporium state of arthroderma cuniculi (1.26%), chrysosporium state ... | 2002 | 12749581 |
| familial infection by trichophyton simii. | | 1984 | 6504070 |
| trichophyton simii infection in the united states. | | 1968 | 5697231 |
| trichophyton simii infection in man and animals. | | 1970 | 5493704 |
| trichophyton simii infection in poultry. | | 1972 | 5062639 |
| antibacterial and antifungal activity of flindersine isolated from the traditional medicinal plant, toddalia asiatica (l.) lam. | the leaves and root of toddalia asiatica (l.) lam. (rutaceae) are widely used as a folk medicine in india. hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, methanol and water extracts of toddalia asiatica leaves and isolated compound flindersine were tested against bacteria and fungi. | 2009 | 19481384 |
| dermatophytes, related keratinophilic and opportunistic fungi in indoor dust of houses and hospitals. | dermatophytes, related keratinophilic and opportunistic fungi were isolated from indoor dust samples of 46 hospitals and 47 houses in kanpur. a total of 19 fungi represented by 11 genera were isolated by the hair-baiting technique from 230 and 235 samples from hospitals and houses respectively. the isolated fungi are acremonium implicatum (indian type culture collection) itcc 5266, a. strictum (germplasm centre for keratinophilic fungi) gpck 1137, aphanoascus fulvescens gpck 1081, arthroderma si ... | 2009 | 19584506 |
| trichophyton simii. its occurrence in brazil. | | 1972 | 4651712 |
| trichophyton simii infection. | | 1974 | 4466011 |
| antimicrobial activity of confertifolin from polygonum hydropiper. | confertifolin (6,6,9a-trimethyl-4,5,5a,6,7,8,9,9a-octahydronaphtho[1,2-c] furan-3 (1h)-one) was isolated from the essential oil of polygonum hydropiper l. (polygonaceae) leaves using column chromatography. confertifolin showed activity both in bacteria and fungi. the lowest mic for bacteria was observed against enterococcus faecalis (31.25 microg/ml). significant mic for fungi was observed against scopulariopsis sp (7.81 microg/ml), curvularia lunata (7.81 microg/ml), epidermophyton floccosum (7 ... | 2010 | 20645838 |
| [a genetical study of griseofulvine-resistant mutants in a dermatophyte "arthroderma simii" (author's transl)]. | | 1974 | 4419696 |
| a study of tinea capitis in sri lanka. | between january 1978 and december 1987, 106 cases of tinea capitis were detected in sri lanka. diagnosis was confirmed mycologically by microscopic examination and by culture. tinea capitis accounted for 3.4% of all superficial fungal infections seen during this period. this figure is low when compared with the incidence of this disease reported in other countries. five main types of clinical manifestation were encountered. inflammatory lesions were observed in 50% of the patients. eighty-five p ... | 1989 | 2754578 |
| teleomorphs and mating types in trichophyton mentagrophytes complex. | in the set of 132 strains of trichophyton mentagrophytes isolated from humans (129 strains) and animals (3 strains) with dermatophytosis in czechoslovakia, 41 strains were classified as arthroderma benhamiae. out of them, 40 strains were of mating type + and one strain of type -. ten strains were a. vanbreuseghemii, including 3 strains of mating type + and 7 strains of type -. other strains studied did not form any fertile cleistothecia during crossing. some strains of a. benhamiae developed def ... | 1989 | 2533818 |
| taxonomic study of keratinophilic fungi isolated from soil and some mammals in france. | in france, most of the researches have showed the distribution of dermatophytes and other keratinophilic fungi in the soil and in the coat of wild mammals. during these last years, we have also practiced numerous investigations about the distribution of such fungi. the isolated species are: trichophyton mentagrophytes, trichophyton terrestre, trichophyton ajelloï, trichophyton simii, microsporum gypseum, microsporum cookei, microsporum nanum, microsporum persicolor, anixiopsis stercoraria, chrys ... | 1988 | 2454405 |
| ultrastructure of the pseudo-cleistothecia produced by the trichophyton mentagrophytes complex. | the internal structure and the formation processes of pseudo-cleistothecia in arthroderma vanbreuseghemii, a member of the trichophyton mentagrophytes complex, were observed by light and electron microscopy. the structure of pseudo-cleistothecia, obtained by single spore culture of a. vanbreuseghemii, developed as a clump of hyphae producing microconidia which increased gradually in size. echinulations appeared on the surrounding hyphae, which developed into peridial hyphae with characteristic c ... | 1991 | 1941430 |
| taxonomy of trichophyton interdigitale (trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale) by restriction enzyme analysis of mitochondrial dna. | the relationship between trichophyton interdigitale (trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale) and the other members of the t. mentagrophytes complex was studied by restriction enzyme analysis of mitochondrial dna (mtdna). the mtdna of 22 isolates of t. interdigitale from japanese patients with dermatophytosis was extracted, digested with the restriction enzymes hae iii, msp i, or hind iii, and the restriction profiles obtained compared with those of arthroderma simii, arthroderma benhamia ... | 1990 | 1698960 |
| fungal succession on keratinous hair and nail baits of human origin. | mycologically, succession is more precisely the sequential occupation of the same site by thalli (normally mycelia) either of different fungi or of different associations of fungi. for the study of fungal succession on hair bait, different soil samples were collected from different habitats of jaipur. the fungal growth isolated from soil samples was observed macroscopically and microscopically for the appearance of fungi at regular interval of 15 days for more than 6 months. regular microscopic ... | 2017 | 28251567 |
| trichophyton simii infection in man in calcutta. | | 1975 | 1234869 |
| is arthroderma simii the perfect state of trichophyton quinckeanum? | gymnothecia with asci and ascospores developed repeatedly and in abundance whenever trichophyton quinckeanum isolates x-392 and imi 140691 were paired with arthroderma simii 678 a. however, repeatable fertile crosses did not occur when all of our 19 isolates of t. quinckeanum were paired with 10 other isolates of a. simii comprising a and a mating types. additional crosses between these 19 isolates of t. quinckeanum with a. simii and with a. benhamiae revealed that 11 of the 19 isolates of t. qu ... | 1976 | 944465 |
| trichophyton simii infection in the united states not traceable to india. | to our knowledge, this communication reports the first case of trichophyton simii infection in the united states not traceable to india, the patient was a 40-year-old nigerian male student who had not been out of the united states for more than three years. he had never been in india or had contact with animals or poultry. a brief review of the literature is included. | 1978 | 619770 |
| [tinea corporis from trichophyton simii]. | tn unexplained, autochthone trichophyton simii infection in europe is reported. the patient was a 11-year-old caucasian girl, who had never been out of germany, nor had contact with anyone from abroad. the girl's only pet, a guinea pig, was proven to be free of dermatophytes. clinically the infection represented a somewhat persistent circumscribed lesion at the dorsum of one upper arm characterized mainly by small granulomata around hair follicles with only a slight erythematosquamous component. | 1979 | 521289 |
| trichophyton simii infection due to laboratory accident. | trichophyton simii produced kerion on the intact forearm skin due to a laboratory accident within 5 days of contact. early institution of griseofulvin resolved the condition in 15 days with no recurrence during 38 months of follow-up. | 1979 | 478055 |
| [influence of temperature, ph and glucidic substrates on the growth and conidiogenesis of arthroderma (trichophyton) simii stockdale]. | growth and conidiogenesis of the (+) imi 101 693 and (-) imi 101 695 strains of trichophyton simii were compared at several temperatures (20 to 40 degrees c) and various ph (ph 4 to 9) and were correlated with the concentration of glucose (20 to 100 g/l) or other glucidic substrates (10 g/l). although the development of both strains was optimal between 25 to 33 degrees c at ph 6 and with 10 g/l of glucose, the (-) strain always growed less than the (+) strain. conidiogenesis was inhibited by suc ... | 1979 | 39254 |
| 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 |
| biomedical applications of green synthesized nobel metal nanoparticles. | synthesis of nobel metal nanoparticles, play a key role in the field of medicine. plants contain a substantial number of organic constituents, like phenolic compounds and various types of glycosides that help in synthesis of metal nanoparticles. synthesis of metal nanoparticles by green method is one of the best and environment friendly methods. the major significance of the green synthesis is lack of toxic by-products produced during metal nanoparticle synthesis. the nanoparticles, synthesized ... | 2017 | 28582711 |
| phylogenetic classification of trichophyton mentagrophytes complex strains based on dna sequences of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 regions. | using internal transcribed spacer 1 (its1) region ribosomal dna sequences from 37 stock strains and clinical isolates provisionally termed trichophyton mentagrophytes complex in japan, we demonstrated the mutual phylogenetic relationships of these strains. members of this complex were classified into 3 its1-homologous groups and 13 its1-identical groups by their sequences. its1-homologous group i consists of arthroderma vanbreuseghemii, t. mentagrophytes human isolates, and several strains of t. ... | 1998 | 9705405 |
| characterization of an extracellular keratinase of trichophyton simii and its role in keratin degradation. | the ability of trichophyton simii hn 50, isolated from the ghana bird sanctuary, bharatpur, india, to produce extracellular keratinase was studied. enzyme was produced on a keratin salt broth medium at ph7 and a temperature of 28 +/- 1 degree c. enzyme secretion was best at 15 days of incubation. asparagine and keratin were repressive to enzyme yield in comparison to gelatin. no relationship was observed between enzyme release and biomass sugars suppressed keratinase production in descending ord ... | 1997 | 9299753 |
| biodegradation of wool by trichophyton simii and aspergillus niger. | the amount of protein released into liquid culture medium and weight loss were taken as measures of wool degradation by trichophyton simii and aspergillus niger. protein released into the culture medium was observed to be greater after t. simii treatment than after a. niger treatment. sulphitolysis was shown by t. simii, whereas it was absent in the case of a. niger, ph was found to be alkaline with an increase in soluble protein in the culture medium in the case of both uniculture and dual cult ... | 1996 | 9145010 |
| diversity of keratinophilic mycoflora in the soil of agra (india). | diversity of keratinophilic mycoflora in the soil of agra was under observation for 1 year (july 2001-june 2002) and isolation of keratinophilic fungi was followed by the hair-baiting method. the frequency of occurrence of keratinophilic fungi in 284 soil samples collected from various hospitals, cattle yards, poultry farms, crop fields and playgrounds was determined, 204 samples (72%) having been found to be positive. a total of 33 species classified into 11 genera (acremonium, aspergillus, chr ... | 2004 | 15530009 |
| [trichophyton simii in a "caí" monkey (cebus apella) colony in the province of corrientes, argentina.]. | the objective is to describe an outbreak of trichophyton simii in a cebus apella monkey colony in argentine. during summer, alopecic zones appeared on dorsal regions from head to base of the tail of the animals. the hair and skin of nine animals were streaked onto sabouraud dextrose with cloramphenicol and incubated at 25 degrees c. by the 10th day, white, filamentous colonies, which turned pale pink, developed from simples of four animals. microscopical examinations were carried out and, becaus ... | 1998 | 18473523 |
| [on the implication of trichophyton simii in a superficial mycoses outbreak in monkeys.]. | | 1999 | 18473582 |
| butyrylcholinesterase, lipoxygenase inhibiting and antifungal alkaloids from isatis tinctoria. | phytochemical investigations on the alkaloidal fraction of the whole plant of the isatis tinctoria led to the isolation of the alkaloids 1-6. compounds 3, 2 were found to be potent butyrylcholinesterase and lipoxygenase enzymes inhibitors in a concentration-dependent manner with the ic(50) values 16.3 +/- 0.06 and 19.7 +/- 0.03 microm against bche and 30.6 +/- 0.02 and 33.7 +/- 0.05 microm against lox, respectively. the compounds (1-6) showed significant antifungal activity against trichophyton ... | 2008 | 18569333 |
| tinea corporis due to trichophyton simii - a first case from iran. | a 25-year-old man was examined for tinea corporis. microscopic examination of direct 10% koh mount of skin scraping revealed the presence of hyaline, septate, branching hyphae. cultures inoculated with portions of skin scrapings yielded, after two weeks trichophyton simii. the identification of the fungus was based on colony morphology on mycobiotic agar and microscopic characteristics on slide cultures. microscopic features of t. simii were cylindrical, 3-7 celled, thin-walled macroconidia. in ... | 2008 | 18798048 |
| successful mating of a human isolate of arthroderma simii with a tester strain of a. vanbreuseghemii. | an isolate of arthroderma simii was successfully mated with a tester strain of a. vanbreuseghemii cultured on the plate of simple agar with some hair on it at 27 degrees c. confirmation of sexual reproduction was made by the detection of hybrids of two parental genotypes. the implications of this result are discussed from the viewpoint of a reevaluation of the species boundaries of dermatophytes. | 2009 | 19194055 |
| successful mating of trichophyton rubrum with arthroderma simii. | crossing of trichophyton rubrum with arthroderma simii yielded many ascomata around the fluffy t. rubrum colonies. one of the 35 supposed ascospores isolated from matured ascoma was shown to be a hybrid of the two species. hybrids were observed within the genotypes of four different genes, i.e., rrna, actin, dna topoisomerase ii and cytochrome b. these results strongly suggest that t. rubrum is not an asexual or clonal species. | 2010 | 20392147 |
| xanthine oxidase/tyrosinase inhibiting, antioxidant, and antifungal oxindole alkaloids from isatis costata. | phytochemical investigations on the ethyl acetate soluble fraction of the whole plant of isatis costata linn. (brassicaseae) led to the isolation of the oxindole alkaloids costinones a (1), b (2), isatinones a (3), b (4), indirubin (5), and trisindoline (6). compounds 1-6 displayed significant to moderate inhibition against xanthine oxidase enzyme with ic50 values ranging from 90.3+/-0.06 to 179.6+/-0.04 microm, whereas the standard inhibitor of xanthine oxidase (allopurinol) had an ic(50) value ... | 2010 | 20645747 |
| in vitro antifungal activity of indirubin isolated from a south indian ethnomedicinal plant wrightia tinctoria r. br. | acalypha indica, cassia alata, lawsonia inermis, punica granatum, thespesia populnea and wrightia tinctoria are folklore medicines extensively used in the treatment of ringworm infections and skin related diseases in tamil nadu, india. | 2010 | 20691774 |
| [genetic analysis in a dermatophyte fungus: arthroderma simii (preliminary note)]. | | 1972 | 5050881 |
| arthroderma simii infection in dogs. | | 1971 | 5148807 |
| [the genetic determination of virulence of "arthroderma simii" in guinea pigs (author's transl)]. | | 1974 | 4417126 |
| matings among three teleomorphs of trichophyton mentagrophytes. | three genetically hybrid f1 progenies produced between a clinical isolate of arthroderma simii (kmu4810) and a tester strain of a. vanbreuseghemii (rv27961) were crossed with two tester strains of a. vanbreuseghemii (rv27961 and rv27960) and a tester strain of a. benhamiae (rv30001), respectively. three crossings yielded hybrid second progenies. another interspecies crossing between a. simii (kmu4810) and a tester strain of a. benhamiae (rv26680) yielded one hybrid f1 progeny (asb57). the second ... | 2010 | 20716853 |
| Verification of a taxonomy of dermatophytes based on mating results and phylogenetic analyses. | A newly proposed taxonomy of Trichophyton mentagrophytes and related species was introduced and verified with the grounds for the new classification, phylogenetic analysis, and Templeton's cohesive species concept. So-called asexual species were shown to retain sexual ability and different host preferences were shown not to be comparable to different ecological niches. We showed that genealogical concordance phylogenetic species recognition (GCPSR) can be applied to so-called asexual Trichophyto ... | 2011 | 22123327 |
| Multiple gene analyses are necessary to understand accurate phylogenetic relationships among Trichophyton species. | Phylogenetic relationships among 34 isolates from 11 Trichophyton and 3 Arthroderma species were investigated using the nucleotide sequences from 4 DNA regions: internal transcribed spacers (ITS) 1 and 2 including the 5.8S rRNA gene, and the actin (ACT), DNA topoisomerase (TOP) 2 and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPD) genes. All four phylogenetic trees showed that the 34 isolates can be divided into 3 clades, the Arthroderma simii, A. benhamiae and Trichophyton rubrum clades. The Shi ... | 2011 | 21891987 |
| mating genes of the trichophyton mentagrophytes complex. | the mating type (-)-specific gene of the alpha-box and the mating type (+)-specific gene of the high-mobility group (hmg) dna-binding domain were confirmed in zoophilic dematophytes of arthroderma simii and a. vanbreuseghemii. the sequence of the alpha-box gene was 1,375 bp, containing 2 exons (from 172 to 463 bp and from 513 to 1,375 bp) in the a. simii (-) mating type strain and 1,380 bp, containing 2 exons (from 177 to 468 bp and from 518 to 1,380 bp) in the a. vanbreuseghemii (-) mating type ... | 2011 | 22057847 |
| which fungus originally was trichophyton mentagrophytes? historical review and illustration by a clinical case. | several dermatophytes producing numerous pyriform or round microconidia were called trichophyton mentagrophytes. among these dermatophytes are the teleomorph species arthroderma benhamiae, arthroderma vanbreuseghemii and arthroderma simii, and other species such as trichophyton interdigitale, trichophyton erinacei and trichophyton quinckeanum for which only the anamorph is known. confusion exists about which fungus should be really called t. mentagrophytes and about the rational use of this name ... | 2015 | 25912796 |
| new antimicrobial anthraquinone 6,6(1)-bis (1,5,7-trihydroxy-3-hydroxymethylanthraquinone) isolated from streptomyces sp. isolate eri-26. | the present report is about streptomyces sp. isolate eri-26 isolated from the soil sample of nilgiri forest, western ghats. the methanol extract of eri-26 showed good antimicrobial activity against tested microbes. the antimicrobial novel anthraquinones were purified by bioactivity-guided fractionation using a silica gel column and preparative hplc. the compound was characterized and identified by uv, ir, nmr and mass spectral data. the compound named as 6,6(1)-bis (1,5,7-trihydroxy-3-hydroxymet ... | 2016 | 27872569 |
| characterization and biological activities of extracellular melanin produced by schizophyllum commune (fries). | melanins are enigmatic pigments produced by a wide variety of microorganisms including bacteria and fungi. here, we have isolated and characterized extracellular melanin from mushroom fungus, schizophyllum commune. the extracellular dark pigment produced by the broth culture of s. commune, after 21 days of incubation was recovered by hot acid-alkali treatment. the melanin nature of the pigment was characterized by biochemical tests and further, confirmed by uv, ir, epr, nmr and maldi-tof mass sp ... | 2015 | 26155678 |
| phylogenetic analysis of dermatophyte species using dna sequence polymorphism in calmodulin gene. | use of phylogenetic species concepts based on rdna internal transcribe spacer (its) regions have improved the taxonomy of dermatophyte species; however, confirmation and refinement using other genes are needed. since the calmodulin gene has not been systematically used in dermatophyte taxonomy, we evaluated its intra- and interspecies sequence variation as well as its application in identification, phylogenetic analysis, and taxonomy of 202 strains of 29 dermatophyte species. a set of primers wa ... | 2016 | 26868901 |
| a 9-month-old girl from iran with extensive erythematous plaques due to trichophyton simii, a zoophilic dermatophyte. | the incidence of dermatophytosis due to trichophyton simii is generally considered to be limited to endemic areas, particularly one area of india. however, the high similarity between the morphological features of atypical t. simii isolates and those of other dermatophytes such as trichophyton interdigitale and arthroderma benhamiae may lead to misidentification of the cause of dermatophytosis in many instances. we investigated a rare case of tinea corporis in a 9-month-old female with extensive ... | 2016 | 26767834 |
| historic topics on classification of trichophyton mentagrophytes complex. | d. gruby (1842-1844) detected the fungus in tinea as a causative agent and c.p. robin (1853) described microsporum mentagrophytes that was transferred to trichophyton by blanchard (1896). sabouraud (1910) established a group of ectothrix microïde which was divided into gypseum type (6 species: t. asteroids, t. granulosum, t. lacticolor and 3 species) and niveum type (t. radians and t. denticulatum). thereafter, epidermophyton simii pinoy, 1912 and t. interdigitale priestly, 1917 were reported. t ... | 2014 | 24943211 |
| is trichophyton simii endemic to the indian subcontinent? | trichophyton simii is considered to be prevalent only in the indian subcontinent where it was isolated from soil, as well as from infections of humans and animals. we have investigated a case of onychomycosis caused by this exotic dermatophyte, not traceable to endemic areas. this case, as in others due to this fungus in man or animals, that have been previously and sporadically reported worldwide, suggests infections caused by t. simii might be underestimated, especially outside its primary geo ... | 2013 | 23167704 |
| epidemiology of dermatophytosis in junior combat and non-combat sports participants. | participation in competitive sports is popular and widely encouraged worldwide. herein, we investigated 252 male and 67 female sports players, aged 16.4 ± 1.3 years, active in 15 different types of combat (n = 143) and non-combat (n = 176) sports. of the 319 participants in this study, 11 (3.5%) players, including six wrestlers, four football players and one handball player, all of whom were men, harboured dermatophytic fungi. briefly, trichophyton tonsurans was present in three athletes, who we ... | 2013 | 22621172 |
| a study on the trichophyton simii infections in man at delhi. | | 2017 | 29160289 |