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ReviewMycopathologia2017

The Changing Face of Dermatophytic Infections Worldwide.

Ping Zhan, Weida Liu

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Review in Mycopathologia, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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99citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

99 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Dermatophytosis: An Update on Global Epidemiology.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Review
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  5. Genomic Basis of Zoonotic Transmission and Antifungal Resistance inJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  7. DNA methylation is associated with phenotypic divergence between the dermatophytes Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton violaceum.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2026
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  11. Observational
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  15. Dermatophytoses Caused byJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  16. SUB6 Subtilisin is Involved During the Initial Adhesion ofJID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2025
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  17. Characterization of Biofilm Formation by the DermatophyteJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  18. Review
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  20. Synergistic activity between conventional antifungals and chalcone-derived compound against dermatophyte fungi and Candida spp.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2025
    Article

39 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ping ZhanDermatology Hospital of Jiangxi Province and Dermatology Institute of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, China.
Weida LiuDepartment of Mycology, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China. liumyco@hotmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dermatophytes evolve along with the geography and socioeconomic conditions. Epidermophyton floccosum, Microsporum audouinii and Trichophyton schoenleinii acted as the major pathogens of superficial fungal diseases 100 years ago, but their frequency decreased dramatically since the middle of the twentieth century and they are limited to some less-developed countries nowadays; meanwhile, frequency of Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton interdigitale, Trichophyton tonsurans and Microsporum canis increased gradually, and these fungi have become the major species globally. Some other dermatophytes, i.e., Trichophyton violaceum, Trichophyton verrucosum and Microsporum ferrugineum, are mainly endemic in some parts of Africa, Asia and Europe. At present, T. rubrum is the leading pathogen for skin and nail fungal infections, whereas M. canis, T. tonsurans and T. violaceum present as the predominant dermatophytes involved in tinea capitis. Population mobility, changes in human lifestyle and advents of antifungal drugs will continually drive the dermatophyte evolution in the skin microenvironment. Comprehensive observation is needed to better understand this kind of organisms and prospect the trends of their changes in future.

Indexed as

DermatomycosesEpidermophytonHumansMicrosporumPrevalenceTrichophytonDermatophytesEpidemiologyEvolutionTinea

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