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Ringworm

Ringworm also known as dermatophytosis is a skin disease or skin infection caused by Fungus. The most common cause of this skin disease is dermatophytes (skin fungi). These fungi can only infect dead keratinized tissue like skin, hair and nails. They are also only limited and is bounded by the dead cornified layer of the tissue. Thedermatophytes invade and feed the dead keratin of nails, hair and skin.

Scientific names of the dermatophytes which cause ringworm include Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton tonsurans, Trichophyton interdigitale, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum canis, and Epidermophyton floccosum. These species belong to the genera Microsporum, Trichophyton, and Epidermophyton...(see more)

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