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Abstract
Fungal infection of keratinized tissues such as hair, skin and nails. The main causative fungi include MICROSPORUM; TRICHOPHYTON; and EPIDERMOPHYTON.
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- Dermatophytoses
- Dermatophytosis
- Ringworm
- Tineas
- Epidermophytosis
- Tinea Corporis
- Trichophyton mentagrophytes Infection
- Trichophytosis
- Epidermophytoses
- Infection, Trichophyton mentagrophytes
- Trichophyton mentagrophytes Infections
- Trichophytoses
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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the disease ringworm: do not confuse with TAENIA, tapeworm; GEN or unspecified: prefer specifics
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Tinea. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014005. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014005
- Tinea. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_types_of_tinea
- Tinea. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17141201