Epidermophyton is a genus of fungus causing superficial and cutaneous mycoses, including E. floccosum, a cause of tinea corporis (ringworm), tinea cruris (jock itch), tinea pedis (athlete’s foot), and onychomycosis or tinea unguium, a fungal infection of the nail bed. ...
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A deuteromycetous fungal genus which grows in the epidermis and is the cause of tinea. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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(ep″ĭ-dәr-mof´ĭ-ton) a genus of fungi. E. flocco´sum attacks both skin and nails but not hair, and is one of the causative organisms of tinea cruris, tinea pedis, and onychomycosis.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ep′i-dĕr-mof′i-ton, -dĕr-mō-fī′ton Definitions: 1. A genus of fungi, separated by Sabouraud from Trichophyton on the basis that it never invades the hair follicles, whose macroconidia are clavate and smooth walled. The only species, Epidermophyton floccosum, is an anthropophilic specie...
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