RT Book, Section
A1 Prawer, Steven
A1 Prawer, Scott
A1 Bershow, Andrea
A2 Soutor, Carol
A2 Hordinsky, Maria K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1177004707
T1 Superficial Fungal Infections
T2 Clinical Dermatology
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071769150
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1177004707
RD 2024/04/19
AB Most  superficial  fungal  infections  of  the  skin  are  caused  by  dermatophytes  or  yeasts.  They  rarely  cause  serious  illness,  but  fungal  infections  are  often  recurrent  or  chronic  in  otherwise  healthy  people.  The  availability  of  effective  over-the-counter  antifungal  medications  has  been  helpful  to  people  with  actual  fungal  infections,  but  these  medications  are  frequently  used  by  people  who  actually  have  other  skin  diseases  such  as  dermatitis.  One  of  the  main  diagnostic  problems  with  fungal  infections  is  that  they  closely  resemble  dermatitis  and  other  inflammatory  disorders.  Both  clinicians  and  patients  overdiagnose  and  underdiagnose  fungal  infections.  A  few  simple  clinical  points  can  help  avoid  misdiagnoses: