Types of Tinea (Ringworm): Sites, Causes, and Clinical Features
The tinea infections explained by site: tinea capitis, corporis, pedis, cruris, unguium, and more. Common organisms, clinical features, and how the site names work.
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Articles tagged with dermatophytes.
Dermatophytes: Lab Diagnosis and How to Tell the Three Genera Apart
How the laboratory identifies dermatophytes: KOH microscopy, SDA culture, Wood's lamp, and the differential tests that separate look-alike Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermoph...
Dermatophyte Test Medium (DTM): Composition, Preparation, and the Pathogens It Can Miss
Why a clean, unchanged DTM tube after two weeks doesn't always mean no fungal infection, the color-change logic explained, and the one ingredient that can silently suppress a true...