Cutaneous Manifestations of Trichophyton Purpureum (Bang)

Note on the Parasitic Growth-Phase of Trichophyton Rubrum in Hairs

“…I h t o ( l o ) , Milocl~evitcl~(20), and Vanbreuseghem(30) found in their respective cases an endothris pattern. Many have reported an endo-ectothl-is type of infection (2,8,13,15,17,19,21, 28,32). T h e same coi~flicting observations nrerc made bj7 those authors who \Irere able to transmit T. rz~brzlrn from cultures to laboi-atory a11i111als.…”

“…Only an extremely small number of infections of the scalp have been reported (10,14,21,25,29,30,32). The same holds true for infections of the beard; few cases have becn reported (2, 11,12,15,16,17,18,19,20,28,31).…”

Clinical and mycological status of the Trichophyton mentagrophytes (interdigitale) syndrome of chronic dermatophytosis of the skin and nails

“…TI) to be the most common isolate from tinea pedis, accounting for approximately 75% of the cases, both in Europe and in North America. By the late 1930s, however, TR was being increasingly isolated, and in 1937 Lewis et al , in New York City, 4 published an excellent description of the clinical manifestations of TR infection, as compared with that produced by TI. They found that TR caused a nonvesicular, fine, branny hyperkeratotic tinea pedis of the soles, whereas TI produced a vesicular infection, including clusters of bullae in the “instep” of the sole of the foot.…”