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Favus
Author(s) -
Dvoretzky Israel,
Fisher Benjamin K.,
Movshovitz Moshe,
SchewachMillet Miriam
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1980.tb00259.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatophyte , mediterranean basin , trichophyton , population , traditional medicine , socioeconomics , dermatology , environmental protection , mediterranean climate , geography , environmental health , archaeology , sociology , antifungal
Favus has become a rarely found chronic fungal infection mainly Caused by Trichophyton schoenleini and occasionally by Trichophyton violaceum or Microisporum gypseum. It can still be found in areas where the population suffers from poor hygiene and malnutrition. Cases are seen in the Mediterranean basin, the Middle East. Asia. Poland. Russia, France, and the Balkans. Isolated cases have also been reported from South Africa. Mexico, Central America, and canada. Cases are encountered occasionally in the United States, almost exclusively in immigrants.