Jock itch is an infection caused by fungi called dermatophytes. Dermatophytes like to live in moist places on your body, such as your feet, groin, and armpits. The medical term is tinea cruris. It’s a ...

THE fungi causing infections solely of the glabrous skin, scalp, beard and nails are known as dermatophytes, or cutaneous fungi. These fungi do not produce visceral infections. However, Candida ...

This study was led by Dr Xin Zhou, Prof. Sybren de Hoog (Radboud UMC Center of Expertise for Mycology, Netherlands), and Prof. Peiying Feng (Sun Yat-Sen University, China). Through comparative genomic ...

The colchicinelike effect of griseofulvin is known. Paget and Walpole 3 reported that sublethal doses administered intravenously or intraperitoneally in rats arrested mitosis of rapidly dividing cells ...