Major challenges and perspectives in the diagnostics and treatment of dermatophyte infections

S Gnat, D Łagowski… - Journal of applied …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Dermatophytes are the aetiological factors of a majority of superficial fungal infections. What
distinguishes them from other pathogenic filamentous fungi is their unique ability to degrade …

Dermatophyte resistance to antifungal drugs: mechanisms and prospectus

NM Martinez-Rossi, TA Bitencourt, NTA Peres… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Dermatophytes comprise pathogenic fungi that have a high affinity for the keratinized
structures present in nails, skin, and hair, causing superficial infections known as …

Review on host-pathogen interaction in dermatophyte infections

C Gupta, S Das, V Gaurav, PK Singh, G Rai… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dermatophytosis is a common superficial fungal infection of the skin and its appendages
caused by dermatophytes. Recent times have witnessed a dynamic evolution of …

[HTML][HTML] Host-Pathogen Interaction and Resistance Mechanisms in Dermatophytes

E Dubljanin, J Zunic, I Vujcic, I Colovic Calovski… - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
Dermatophytes are widely distributed in the environment, with an estimated prevalence of
20–25% of the the global population yearly. These fungi are keratinophilic and keratinolytic …

Trends in the epidemiology of dermatophytosis in the Middle East and North Africa region

M Osman, D Kasir, R Rafei, II Kassem… - International journal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dermatophytosis corresponds to a broad series of infections, mostly superficial, caused by a
group of keratinophilic and keratinolytic filamentous fungi called dermatophytes. These …

Burden of chronic dermatophytosis in a tertiary care hospital: interaction of fungal virulence and host immunity

RA Tigga, S Das, SN Bhattacharya, R Saha, D Pandhi… - Mycopathologia, 2018 - Springer
Dermatophytosis is caused by keratinophilic dermatophytes and affects the superficial skin
and its appendages. The nature of infection and response to treatment is influenced by host …

The interplay among Th17 and T regulatory cells in the immune dysregulation of chronic dermatophytic infection

G Rai, S Das, MA Ansari, PK Singh, D Pandhi… - Microbial …, 2020 - Elsevier
The delineation of the pathogenic interaction between the host skin immune responses and
dermatophytes has remained indigent. The obscure enigma in host-dermatophyte …

Predisposing factors for onychomycosis

AA Jacobsen, A Tosti - Onychomycosis: An Illustrated Guide to Diagnosis …, 2017 - Springer
Onychomycosis is the most prevalent nail disease with a significant burden on quality of life.
Age is the principal non-modifiable risk factor for onychomycosis development. Medical …

Immunological response and clinical profile in patients with recurrent dermatophytosis

K Jha, D Shaw, A Karim, T Narang, B Saikia… - Mycoses, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background An alarming increase in the number of patients with chronic and recurrent
dermatophytosis has invoked the need to study the immunological parameters of the host …

Mechanisms of dermatophyte resistance to antifungal substances

D Łagowski, S Gnat, A Nowakiewicz - … Mikrobiologii-Advancements of …, 2020 - sciendo.com
Dermatofity to grzyby chorobotwórcze, które mają wysokie powinowactwo do keratyny
obecnej w paznokciach, skórze i włosach, powodujące zakażenia powierzchniowe znane …