See Also: Trichophyton rubrum(medicine)
rhodospirillum rubrum(medicine)
Rhodospirillium rubrum(medicine)
eczema rubrum(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
trichophyton(medicine)
trichophyton(dictionary)
Trichophyton violaceum(medicine)
Trichophyton verrucosum(medicine)
Trichophyton tonsurans(medicine)

Trichophyton rubrum (medicine)


Trichophyton rubrum


A widely distributed anthropophilic species that causes persistent infections of the skin, especially tinea pedis and tinea cruris, and in the nails that are unusually resistant to therapy; it rarely invades the hair, where it is ectothrix in nature; occasional subcutaneous and systemic infections have been reported.