Ringworm Fungal Infection Tinea Corporis
Rubrum is the most common cause.
Ringworm fungal infection tinea corporis. Ringworm tinea corporis created in skin infections. Ringworm is a common fungal infection especially among children that appears on different parts of the body. Fungal infections are also known as tinea or dermatophyte infections or dermatophytosis. In different parts of the world different species cause tinea corporis.
A group of fungi called dermatophytes cause ringworm. Slightly raised expanding rings. The patches may blister or ooze fluid. Infection often comes from the feet tinea pedis or nails tinea unguium originally.
It is characterized by ring shaped scaly and itchy patches of the skin. Ringworm is a fungal skin infection. It is not due to a worm as its name implies there are many types of fungal germs fungi and some can infect the skin nails and hair. In new zealand trichophyton rubrum t.
Body ringworm is a dermatophyte fungal infection of the face trunk arms and legs. Signs and symptoms of ringworm may include. Symptoms of tinea corporis include pink to red round patches on the skin that sometimes itch. A clear or scaly area inside the ring perhaps with a scattering of red bumps.
Tinea corporis ringworm is the name used for infection of the trunk legs or arms with a dermatophyte fungus. A round flat patch of itchy skin. Dermatophytes live off a substance called keratin a tissue found in many parts of a person s body including the nails skin and hair.