Background: Onychomycosis is the most common disease of the nails. The traditional treatment of onychomycosis requires long term medication of antifungal agent that is associated with drug interaction,so many patients had ...

Tinea capitis is the most frequent manifestation of dermatophyte infection in children, but is rare in infants less than 1 year of age. Furthermore, Trichophyton(T.) verrucosum as a causative organisum of tinea capitis ...

Trichophyton(T.) rubrum is an anthropophilic dermatophyte that is found all over the world. It has become one of the most important causative agents in tinea pedis and onychomycosis. But tinea capitis caused by T. rubrum ...

A 71-year-old man presented with pain in the left eye that revealed a 3×3 mm deep corneal stromal infiltrate, with a 2×2 mm epithelial defect. The patient started topical moxifloxacin, voriconazole 2%, and natamycin for 2 ...

A 46-year-old male presented with skin lesion on the tip of penis, occurring a month ago. Erythematous macules and grouped vesicles on the glans penis and upper side of prepuce area were noticed. In addition, scales were ...

Cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare disease caused by zygomycetes such as Rhizomucor, Mucor, Absidia, and Rhizopus. The disease usually occurs in immunocompromised individuals, and the organism is rarely pathogenic in an ...

Purpureocillium lilacinum (formerly Paecilomyces lilacinus) is a saprophytic fungus found in the soil and decaying vegetation and is rarely pathogenic to humans. To our knowledge, only six cases of cutaneous infection ...

Purpureocillium lilacinum, previously known as Paecilomyces lilacinus, is a saprophytic fungus typically found in soil and decaying vegetation. Although it is infrequently pathogenic to humans, recent reports of P. lilacinum ...

Disseminated coccidioidomycosis is an uncommon fungal infection primarily observed in immunocompromised individuals. Infection typically occurs when individuals inhale fungal spores in endemic areas such as the southwestern ...

Onychomycosis is a fungal nail infection caused mainly by dermatophytes. Non-dermatophytes such as yeasts, Acremonium, Aspergillus, and Fusarium species account for only 10% of onychomycosis, and Fusarium species are ...