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Original Source: Pathogenesis of tinea.
Summary Dermatophytes are hyphomycetes that can degrade keratin. This puts them in a position to cause infections of the keratin-containing superficial skin. The resulting clinical picture is called tinea. The pathogenesis and course of tinea is decisively determined by pathogen-related factors and by the defense mechanisms of the host. An infection starts with an adherence of fungal propagules, followed by the formation of hyphae that can spread within the tissue. This process is accompanied by a release o...
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Hospital-acquired infections are a growing problem in the health care system. This symposium addressed the pathogenesis of select nosocomial bacteria, vaccine development, and the epidemiology of noso...
Novel Vaccine for Prevention and Treatment of Chlamydia Infection
The invention provides novel vectors, attenuated pathogens, compositions, methods and kits for preventing and/or treating chlamydia infections. Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular huma...
Revisiting the pathogenesis of rheumatic fever and carditis
In this opinion article, the authors suggest an alternative hypothesis for the pathogenesis of rheumatic heart disease. They believe that an interaction between streptococcal M protein and the infecte...
The pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of Raynaud phenomenon
Recent advances in pathogenesis and diagnosis of Raynaud phenomenon have driven, and are driving, new therapeutic strategies for this phenomenon. In this Review, Ariane Herrick provides an update of t...
The diagnosis and management of tinea
Summary points Tinea is increasingly a problem worldwideTinea may affect any body site and is named according to the anatomical area infectedPathogenic organisms have a variable geographical...
Pathogenesis of the C3 glomerulopathies and reclassification of MPGN
Improved understanding of the role of complement in the pathogenesis of a number of glomerular diseases has led to progress in disease classification and treatment. In this Review, Bomback and Appel r...
IBD in 2012: Pathogenesis and management of IBD—thinking outside the box
In 2012, important advances were made in understanding the pathogenesis of IBD—the Immunochip project increased the number of known IBD loci to 163, and underscored the common susceptibility to infe...
New mechanism of bacterial pathogenesis discovered
(Academy of Finland) Scientists have identified a new mechanism of bacterial pathogenesis. The results of the research project, partly funded by the Academy of Finland, have been published in the jour...
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Tinea Capitis and Tinea Corporis with a Severe Inflammatory Response due to Trichophyton tonsurans.
Trichophyton tonsurans is an anthropophilic dermato-phyte, with a worldwide distribution, although its prevalence varies considerably between different geographical regions. Whereas in North America i...
Summary Dermatophytes are hyphomycetes that can degrade keratin. This puts them in a position to cause infections of the keratin-containing superficial skin. The resulting clinical picture is called t...
We report clinical findings in a 12-year-old girl with long-term recurrent and disseminated multiple eruptions of tinea faciei and tinea corporis, which persisted for 10 years. Mycological examination...
Comma Hairs in Tinea Capitis: A Useful Dermatoscopic Sign for Diagnosis of Tinea Capitis.
Diagnosis of tinea capitis (TC) can be challenging for dermatologists, especially in noninflammatory TC caused by anthropophilic dermatophytes and in black patients, in whom erythema of the scalp...
Epidemiological aspects of Trichophyton rubrum var. raubitschekii in Japan.
Trichophyton rubrum var. raubitschekii is a rare anthropophilic dermatophyte isolated around the world from tinea corporis, tinea cruris, tinea pedis and tinea unguium. In this study, the isolation ra...
