Tinea capitis caused by species of " Microsporum " and " Trichophyton " is a contagious disease that is pubertal children between 6 and 10 years, it is more common in males than females; rarely does the disease persist past age sixteen.
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For example, " Microsporum audouinii " was the predominant etiological agent in North America and Europe until the 1950s, but now " Trichophyton tonsurans " is more common in the USA, and becoming more common in Europe and the United Kingdom.
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In medicine, the Wood's lamp is used to check for the characteristic fluorescence of certain fungal infections such as ringworm, microsporum canis, tinea versicolor; bacterial infections such erythrasma; other skin conditions including acne, scabies, alopecia, porphyria; as well as corneal scratches, foreign bodies in the eye, and blocked tear ducts.
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In addition, " M . canis " exhibits rapid colony growth at 25 �C . Two growth media that help distinguish " M . canis " from other " Microsporum " spp . ( notably the morphologically similar species, " M . audouinii " )-specifically polished rice and potato dextrose agar.
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The most common such fungus is " Verticillium rexianum " mainly species from " Comatricha " or " Stemonitis " . " Gliocladium album " and " Sesquicillium microsporum " are often found on Physaridae, while " Polycephalomyces tomentosus " is often found on certain species of Trichiidae . " Nectriopsis violacea " specialises on " Fuligo septica ".
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When grown on ORF . Approximately 84 % of the mitochondrial genome are the structural genes . " Microsporum nanum " infections include tinea capitis, tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and tinea faciei . enilconazole and many herbal treatments, such as extracts from " Azadirachta indica ", essential oil from " Curcuma longa " and " Eucalyptus pauciflora " have been reported to be effective in inhibiting the fungus.
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"Tinea capitis " ( also known as " Herpes tonsurans ", The disease is primarily caused by dermatophytes in the " Trichophyton " and " Microsporum " genera that invade the hair shaft . The clinical presentation is typically single or multiple patches of hair loss, sometimes with a'black dot'pattern ( often with broken-off hairs ), that may be accompanied by inflammation, scaling, pustules, and itching.
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Similar looking infections, sometimes diagnosed as favid but more often as atypical inflammatory tinea, may rarely be produced by agents of more common dermatophyte fungal infections, in particular " Microsporum gypseum ", the most common soil-borne dermatophyte fungus, and " Trichophyton mentagrophytes " ( name used in post-1999 sense for a phylogenetic species formerly referred to as " Trichophyton mentagrophytes " var . " quinckeanum " ), the agent of favid infection of the mouse.
