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Epidermophyton
Sign in to saveEpidermophyton is a genus of fungus causing superficial and cutaneous mycoses, including E. floccosum, and causes tinea corporis (ringworm), tinea cruris (jock itch), tinea pedis (athlete's foot), and tinea unguium (fungal infection of the nail bed).
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GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassEurotiomycetes
- OrderOnygenales
- FamilyArthrodermataceae
表皮癬菌属（學名：Epidermophyton）是子囊菌門的一屬真菌，只包含兩個物種，其中絮狀表皮癬菌（Epidermophyton floccosum）是能造成皮膚感染的真菌之一，常感染指甲及皮膚造成鱗片環狀的感染。
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Research
1,253 papers- Comparative Genomics and Molecular Analysis of Epidermophyton floccosum.Mycopathologia · 2021
- Prevalence and characteristics of Epidermophyton floccosum skin infections: A 12-year retrospective study.Mycoses · 2024
- Epidermophyton floccosum: nucleotide sequence analysis and antifungal susceptibility testing of 40 clinical isolates.Journal of medical microbiology · 2019
- Epidermophyton stockdalae Sp. Nov.Mycopathologia et mycologia applicata · 1974
- Epidermophyton floccosum, an etiological agent of tinea pedis and tinea unguium: about two cases.The Pan African medical journal · 2025
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Epidermophyton is a genus of fungus causing superficial and cutaneous mycoses, including E. floccosum, and causes tinea corporis (ringworm), tinea cruris (jock itch), tinea pedis (athlete's foot), and tinea unguium (fungal infection of the nail bed).
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