This study was led by Dr Xin Zhou, Prof. Sybren de Hoog (Radboud UMC Center of Expertise for Mycology, Netherlands), and Prof. Peiying Feng (Sun Yat-Sen University, China). Through comparative genomic ...

THE fungi causing infections solely of the glabrous skin, scalp, beard and nails are known as dermatophytes, or cutaneous fungi. These fungi do not produce visceral infections. However, Candida ...

These pathogens have developed numerous mechanisms that allow them to adhere to the skin. Once there, the pathogens produce keratinases that break down keratin and allow for invasion of the fungi into ...

Bien qu’elle porte le nom d’herpès, cette pathologie n’est pas causée par un virus, mais par des champignons microscopiques, appelés dermatophytes. Ceux-ci se développent sur un cuir chevelu sans ...

The colchicinelike effect of griseofulvin is known. Paget and Walpole 3 reported that sublethal doses administered intravenously or intraperitoneally in rats arrested mitosis of rapidly dividing cells ...