Clinical and mycological features of dermatophytosis in renal transplant recipients.

Dermatophytosis was detected in 42% of 100 renal transplant recipients screened, of whom 17% had the infection for more than 1 year. Tinea cruris and tinea corporis were the common clinical types observed. Tinea unguium presented as proximal subungual white onychomycosis (PSWO) in 3% of patients.

Deep dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton rubrum--a case report.

A case of deep dermatophytosis in the gluteal region in a male patient successfully treated with terbinafine is described with its clinical, mycological and histopathological features.

Scenario of chronic dermatophytosis: an Indian study.

Chronic dermatophytosis was observed in 2276 (10.02%) of 22,692 patients with dermatophytosis during a period of 5.5 years.

Paronychia and black discoloration of a thumb nail caused by Curvularia lunata.

Chronic paronychia associated with black discoloration of the left thumb nail in a 51 year old female caused by Curvularia lunata is reported for the first time. The keratolytic activity of the fungus in the nail and its complete clearance by topical clotrimazole are reported.

Genetics of hairy ears in south Indians.

Of 500 individuals screened at the Out-Patient Clinic, Mycology Section of the Department of Dermatology, Government General Hospital, Madras, 83 adult males (16.6%) and two adult females (0.4%) had hairy ears.