Erosio Interdigitalis Blastomycetica

Erosio interdigitalis blastomycetica: A review of interdigital candidiasis

“…The condition was first studied in 1915 by Gougerot and Goncea, who isolated a saccharomycetic organism from the hands and feet [10]. Johannes Fabry described EIB again in 1917 in a series of cases of the condition.…”

“…Johannes Fabry described EIB again in 1917 in a series of cases of the condition. The infections described may have been secondary to routine use of washing powders throughout the day for religious purposes [10,11].…”

“…It was Fabry who gave the condition the name erosio interdigitalis blastomycetica, which may be a confusing term in modern times as the causative organism is not Blastomyces dermatitidis, the causative organism of blastomycosis. This name probably resulted because Candida is in the class Blastomycetes, and the genus Candida was not introduced until 1923 [6,10,11].…”

“…Additionally, patients that are immunocompromised, either because of a disease state or corticosteroid use, are particularly represented in the patient population affected by EIB [4,5]. The condition is almost exclusively seen in adults and does not usually affect children, [10].…”

Mycotic Paronychia and Dermatitis

“…and Nichols,8 and Chalmers and Christopherson ; 9 and finally we are indebted for elucidating studies to the contributions of Schamberg, 10 Ormsby and Mitchell, 11 Guggenheim,12 Fabry,13 Hudelo,14 Mitchell,15 Greenbaum and Klauder, 16 Hicks and Chopping,17 and others.…”