Introduction
Clinical Presentation
Definition
Distribution
Etiology
Index of Names
Media & Methods
Glossary
Case Study
References
Etiology & Ecology
E. floccosum
anthropophilic
worldwide
groin, body, epidemic athlete's foot, occasionally nails
does not infect hair
M. audouinii
anthropophilic
worldwide, rare except in Africa and Asia
scalp and body
once caused epidemic tinea capitis in prepubescent children, now rare
also spread by guinea pigs and dogs
M. canis
zoophilic - cats and dogs, less commonly monkeys, guinea pigs, horses, mice, cows, rabbits
worldwide, less common in North America, UK and Scandinavia than the rest of the world
body in adults, scalp in children, rarely nails
M. equinum
zoophilic - horses
worldwide
body
rare in man
M. ferrugineum
anthropophilic
Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, rare in western hemisphere except Brazil
M. gypseum
geophilic
worldwide, rare in North America, Europe, common in South America
feet, hand, body, scalp, rarely nails
usually acquired from soil but occasionally animals, also flies
M. nanum
zoophilic - pigs
worldwide
scalp, body
ectothrix
M. persicolor
zoophilic - bank vole, mice
not found in soil
sporadic in Europe, UK
skin, not hair
T. equinum
zoophilic - horses
worldwide
rare in man
T. kanei
anthropophilic
body, feet, nails
rare
T. megninii
anthropophilic
Spain, Portugal, rarely in Africa, Mediterranean
body, scalp, beard
ectothrix
T. mentagrophytes
anthropophilic and zoophilic - rodents, small and large mammals
worldwide
found in soil
feet, body, nails, beard, scalp, hand, groin
zoophilic are ectothrix; anthropophilic do not infect hair
T. raubitschekii
anthropophilic
southern Asia, India, Mediterranean
body, rarely scalp
T. rubrum
anthropophilic, seldom isolated from animals, never found in soil
worldwide
feet, nails, body, groin, rarely scalp
both endothrix and ectothrix
most frequently isolated dermatophyte
T. soudanense
anthropophilic
Africa, occasionally North America, UK, Brazil
scalp and body primarily "shower sites"
T. terrestre
geophilic
worldwide
nonpathogenic
T. tonsurans
anthropophilic
worldwide
scalp, body "shower sites", occasionally nails
endothrix
outbreaks
T. verrucosum
zoophilic - cattle and other domestic and wild animals
worldwide
scalp, beard, body, occasionally nails
ectothrix
T. violaceum
anthropophilic
Near and Middle East, Eastern Europe, North Africa, occasionally Latin America and Mediterranean, imported to North America and Western Europe
Scalp, body "shower sites", rarely feet and nails
Endothrix
Institutional outbreaks
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