Ringworm of Hands and Feet

Erosio interdigitalis blastomycetica: A review of interdigital candidiasis

“…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].…”

“…The first case report in the United States was described by Mitchell at a Chicago Dermatological Society meeting in 1922 [11]. This case report described a housewife who had the infection consistently for 6 years, only rarely undergoing remission for a few days [11].…”