dermatophilosis

English

Etymology

From Dermatophilus, the causative agent, +‎ -osis.

Noun

dermatophilosis (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) A form of exudative dermatitis found in the tropics
    • 2015 September 26, “Diversity of Bacterial Biofilm Communities on Sprinklers from Dairy Farm Cooling Systems in Israel”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139111:
      In Israeli dairy herds, the high prevalence of infectious cutaneous diseases such as dermatophilosis and pseudotuberculosis, caused by Dermatophilus congolensis and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis respectively, might be attributed to the extensive adoption of evaporative cooling systems in these herds [10 ].
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