Dermatomycosis

A dermatomycosis is a skin disease caused by a fungus.

The most frequent form is dermatophytosis (ringworm, tinea). Another example is cutaneous candidiasis. These fungal infections impair superficial layers of the skin, hair and nails.

Literature

 * Pietro Nenoff, Constanze Krüger, Gabriele Ginter-Hanselmayer, Hans-Jürgen Tietz (2014) Mycology – an update. Part 1: Dermatomycoses: Causative agents, epidemiology and pathogenesis