Public Health Queensland says that nobody with untreated athlete's foot should swim . Even in chlorinated pool water, dermatophytes survive for months or longer . [ http : / / www . ncbi . nlm . nih . gov / pubmed / 6759192 " But, " John thinks to himself, " I don't have athlete's foot.
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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.
