Ring Warm

neotigasone

Tinea pedis (ringworm of the feet, athlete’s foot) is the most common dermatophyte infection in the developed world. Three main factors constitute the basis of any tinea pedis infection; warmth, moisture and friction. Tinea pedis does not affect barefoot people. Shoes, in particular plastic and occluded, create a milieu for dermatophytes to prosper. Tinea pedis is most often caused by anthropophilic subspecies of Trichophyton; T. rubrum and T. mentagrophytes (interdigital). These agents can be transmitted directly from person to person as well as by the scales harbouring the fungus shed on a carpeted floor or in shared shoes.Tinea pedis may present in several clinical forms

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