Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Tinea versicolor is a common skin infection caused by a fungus called Malassezia.

Dermatophyte skin infections are the most frequent clinically seen fungal infections in the world (Abdel-Rahman et al., 2005). Tinea capitis infections are classified into three major groups ...

Swimming pools, locker rooms and other communal areas can be hotbeds for picking up a fungal skin infection. and see whether or not they're developing their own ringworm and the vets, you know ...

Tinea infections are quite common ... they often represent a portal of entry for fungal and bacterial pathogens that, in the setting of compromised skin care, may lead to more serious or severe ...

Clotrimazole (Lotrimin) is a topical treatment used for tinea corporis (ringworm; fungal skin infection that causes a red scaly rash on different parts of the body), tinea cruris (jock itch; fungal ...

A 41-year-old gym lover, Jamie Samnang, who thought her rash was a mosquito bite, had a highly contagious ringworm infection, which she picked up from her gym equipment. Jamie said a small rash slowly ...

Domenico Santoro, DVM, MS, DRSC, PhD, talks about common fungal skin infections in cats and dogs, and which patients are at risk ...

Dermatophytosis - also known as ringworm or tinea – is a fungal infection of the skin, hair and nails and is estimated to affect up to a quarter of the global population. One of its main causes ...