Tinea capitis, which is most often caused by Trichophyton tonsurans,is among the most common fungal infections in children. [2] Tinea capitis occurs primarily in the prepubertal age group.

Athlete’s foot, or tinea pedis, is caused by a fungus called Trichophyton, which is often present on the skin and usually harmless. However, it is particularly prevalent in moist areas ...

Infection of the skin and hair of cattle is most frequently due to Trichophyton verrucosum, a spore forming fungi. Spores are shed from the lesion by broken hairs or scabs from the lesion. The spores ...

Another study examined 11 patients with a related fungal strain, called Trichophyton indotineae. Both fungi seem to spread primarily through close skin contact, and standard antifungal treatments ...

The first US case of Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII ... it can cause genital tinea which affects the skin around ...

Sections of dermatologists have objected to an India-specific name that has stuck to a fungus that causes widespread and hard-to-treat skin infections and is resistant to most anti-fungal medicines, ...

indotineae — that causes widespread and hard-to-treat skin infections and is resistant to most anti-fungal medicines. The fungal species, named Trichophyton indotineae, has turned up in over 40 ...