Tinea corporis

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Introduction

Ringworm of the body.

Epidemiology

  • transmission is by direct skin to skin contact[4]
    • person to person or animal to person

Pathology

Clinical manifestations

* Images[5]

Laboratory

(see Tinea)

Differential diagnosis

Management

* fungicidal

# fungistatic

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
  2. 2.0 2.1 Prescriber's Letter 9(2):11 2002
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
    Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19 Board Basics. An Enhancement to MKSAP19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2022
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Grim L 12 Rashes You Need to Know: Common Dermatologic Diagnoses Medscape. Feb 10, 2021 https://reference.medscape.com/slideshow/skin-rashes-6004772
  5. 5.0 5.1 DermNet: Tinea corporis https://dermnetnz.org/topics/tinea-corporis
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Khurana A, Agarwal A, Agrawal D et al Effect of Different Itraconazole Dosing Regimens on Cure Rates, Treatment Duration, Safety, and Relapse Rates in Adult Patients With Tinea Corporis/Cruris. A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Dermatol. 2022;158(11):1269-1278. Sept 14. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36103158 PMCID: PMC9475442 (available on 2023-09-14) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/2795924
  7. 7.0 7.1 NEJM Knowledge+ Dermatology