Athlete's Foot |
Athlete//'s foot |
Athlete's foot or tinea pedis is a fungal infection of the skin, usually between the toes, caused by parasitic fungi. Causes The body normally hosts a variety of saprotrophic microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi. Some of these are useful to the body. Pathogenic or disease causing organisms or the overgrowth of saprotrophic ones can multiply rapidly and cause infection. Athlete's foot is a layman's description of a skin fungal infection. Fungal infections of the skin are called d ...
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Resources
- American Academy of Dermatology
- American Podiatric Medical Association
- American Podiatric Medical Association: Member Locator (American Podiatric Medical Association)
- Aromatherapy for Miscellaneous Complaints (HealthWorld)
- Association of athlete's foot with cellulitis of the lower extremities: diagnostic value of bact (Google Health)
- Athlete's foot (Google Health)
- Athlete''''s Foot (HealthWorld)
- Athlete''s Foot (HealthWorld)
- Athlete''s Foot (HealthWorld)
- Athlete''s foot (HealthWorld)
- Athlete's Foot
- Athlete's Foot (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Athlete's Foot (Medline Plus)
- Athlete's Foot (American Podiatric Medical Association)
- Athlete's Foot (MayoClinic)
- Athlete's Foot (Nemours Foundation)
- Athlete’s Foot (Nemours Foundation)
- Epidemiology of tinea pedis in marathon runners: prevalence of occult athlete's foot. (Google Health)
- Find a Dermatologist (American Academy of Dermatology)
- Fungus Infections: Preventing Recurrence (American Osteopathic College of Dermatology)
- Interdigital athlete's foot. The interaction of dermatophytes and resident bacteria (Google Health)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Tinea Infections: Athlete's Foot, Jock Itch and Ringworm (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Trouble Under Foot (American Academy of Dermatology)

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