athlete's foot

Examples of athlete's foot in the following topics:

• Fungal Skin and Nail Diseases

  • Common fungal skin diseases include athlete's foot, jock itch, and ringworm.
  • Common fungal skin and nail diseases include athlete's foot, jock itch, and ringworm.
  • Athlete's foot (also known as ringworm of the foot and tinea pedis; ) is an infection of the skin that is caused by a fungi in the genus Trichophyton.
  • Athlete's foot causes scaling, flaking, and itching of the affected skin.
  • Fungus from other parts of the body (commonly tinea pedis or 'athlete's foot') can contribute to this itch.

• Disease Severity and Duration

  • A localized disease is one that affects only one part of the body, such as athlete's foot or an eye infection.

• Portals of Microbe Entry

  • Some diseases that are transmissible by direct contact include Athlete's foot and impetigo.

• Antifungal Drugs

  • An example of an azole drug is Clotrimazole, commonly used to treat athlete's foot, ringworm , vaginal yeast infections, and oral thrush.

• Positive-Strand RNA Viruses of Animals

  • Foot and Mouth Disease is caused by the Aphthovirus virus which positive-strand RNA virus, of the Picornaviridae family of animal viruses.

• Treatment of Animal Viral Infections

  • Foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) is the prototypic member of the Aphthovirus genus in the Picornaviridae family.
  • This picornavirus is the etiological agent of an acute systemic vesicular disease that affects cattle worldwide, foot-and-mouth disease.

• Babesiosis

  • The Babesia microti life cycle includes two hosts, a rodent, primarily the white-footed mouse, and a tick.

• Gangrene

  • Gangrene of the 1st to 4th toes of the right foot of a person with diabetes.

• Parasitic Skin Diseases

• Plague

  • In the United States, animals such as the black-tailed prairie dog and the endangered black-footed ferret are under threat from the disease.