CHAPTER XCIl 



Ep. 

 Ep. 

 T. 



TROPICAL DERMATOMYCOSES 



Tropical dermatomycoses — Tinea cruris — Tinea alba — Tinea albigena — Tinea 

 sabouraudi tropicalis — Tinea nigro circinata — Tinea capitis tropicalis — 

 Tinea barbae tropicalis — Tinea ciliorum — Tinea unguium tropicalis — Tinea 

 imbricata — Tinea intersecta — Tinea flava — Tinea nigra — Erythrasma — 

 Blastomycosis — Sporotrichosis— Cryptococcosis epidermica- — Intertrigo 

 saccharomycetica — Aspergillosis — Pennicilliosis — Acladiosis — Crypto- 

 coccosis epidermica — Pinta — Piedra — Trichomycosis — Rarer nodular and 

 gummatous affections of h5rphomycetal origin — References. 



Tropical dermatomycoses — that is so say, tropical skin diseases 

 caused by fungi higher than bacteria — may be classified as follows : — 



Tropical Dermatomycoses. 



Ep. cruris Castellani, 1905, common variety of 

 Tinea cruris (dhobie itch). 

 perneti Castellani, 1907, variety of Tinea 

 cruris. 



rubrum Castellani, 1909, variety of Tinea 

 cruris. 



nodoformans Castellani, 191 1, variety of 

 Tinea cruris. 

 T. wacfadyeni Castellani, 1905, variety of 

 Tinea alba. 



T. albiscicans Nieuwenhuis, 1907, Tinea albi- 

 gena. 



T. blanchardi Castellani, 1905, Tinea sabou- 

 raudi tropicalis. 

 T. ceylonense Castellani, 1908, Tinea nigro- 



circinata. 

 T. soudanense Joyeux, 1912 

 T. violaceum Bodin, 1902 

 T. violaceum Bodin, 1902, var. decalvans 



Castellani, 191 1 

 T. currii Chalmers and Marshall, 

 1914 



T. discoides Sabouraud, 1909 

 jT. violaceum Bodin, 1902, var. khar- 

 toumense Chalmers and Macdonald, 

 1915 



T .polygonum Vrihuxn, 1909 

 T. exsiccatum Uriburii, 1909 j 

 Microsporum flavescens P. Horta, 1912, variety 



of Tinea capitis and corporis. 

 En. tropicale Castellani, 191 4. Tinea im- 

 bricata. 



En. indicum Castellani, 191 1, Tinea im- 

 bricata. 



\En. castellanii Perry, 1907, Tinea intersecta. 

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I. Due to fungi of the 

 genus Epidermophyton 

 Lang, 1879, Tricho- 

 phyton Malmsten, 1845, 

 Microsporum G r u b y, 

 1843 



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II. Due to fungi of the 

 genus Endodermophy- 

 ton Castellani, 1909 



