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ArticleClinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology2015

Spectrum of dermatophyte infections in Botswana.

Rameshwari Thakur

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Article in Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Onychomycosis Endonyx: A Systematic Review.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Review
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  3. Recent innovations and challenges in the treatment of fungal infections.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Rameshwari ThakurDepartment of Microbiology, Muzzaffarnagar Medical College, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDermatophyte infections are a common cause of superficial fungal infection in different geographical locations of the world. Usually, it involves superficial invasion of keratinized tissue, eg, skin, nails, and hair, but in immunosuppressed individuals, it may cause atypical, extensive and deep lesions, which may pose serious diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

aimTo find out the causative dermatophyte species responsible for the various clinical types of dermatophyte infection.

resultsTrichophyton violaceum was found to be the predominant species, being the causative organism responsible for all the clinical types.

conclusionT. violaceum was found to be the most common species responsible for most of the clinical forms of dermatophytosis (96; 80%). Tinea unguium was found to be the most frequent clinical type of dermatophytosis (33; 27.50%).

Indexed as

tinea corporistinea unguiumTrichophyton ferrugineumTrichophyton interdigitaleTrichophyton tonsuransTrichophyton violaceum

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PMID25834462
PMCPMC4358061
OpenAlexW2062737324

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