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Dermatology for the practicing allergist: Tinea pedis and its complications

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical and Molecular Allergy, March 2004
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Title
Dermatology for the practicing allergist: Tinea pedis and its complications
Published in
Clinical and Molecular Allergy, March 2004
DOI 10.1186/1476-7961-2-5
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Authors

Muhannad Al Hasan, S Matthew Fitzgerald, Mahnaz Saoudian, Guha Krishnaswamy

Abstract

Tinea pedis is a chronic fungal infection of the feet, very often observed in patients who are immuno-suppressed or have diabetes mellitus. The practicing allergist may be called upon to treat this disease for various reasons. Sometimes tinea infection may be mistaken for atopic dermatitis or allergic eczema. In other patients, tinea pedis may complicate allergy and asthma and may contribute to refractory atopic disease. Patients with recurrent cellulitis may be referred to the allergist/immunologist for an immune evaluation and discovered to have tinea pedis as a predisposing factor. From a molecular standpoint, superficial fungal infections may induce a type2 T helper cell response (Th2) that can aggravate atopy. Th2 cytokines may induce eosinophil recruitment and immunoglobulin E (IgE) class switching by B cells, thereby leading to exacerbation of atopic conditions. Three groups of fungal pathogens, referred to as dermatophytes, have been shown to cause tinea pedis: Trychophyton sp, Epidermophyton sp, and Microsporum sp. The disease manifests as a pruritic, erythematous, scaly eruption on the foot and depending on its location, three variants have been described: interdigital type, moccasin type, and vesiculobullous type. Tinea pedis may be associated with recurrent cellulitis, as the fungal pathogens provide a portal for bacterial invasion of subcutaneous tissues. In some cases of refractory asthma, treatment of the associated tinea pedis infection may induce remission in airway disease. Very often, protracted topical and/or oral antifungal agents are required to treat this often frustrating and morbid disease. An evaluation for underlying immuno-suppression or diabetes may be indicated in patients with refractory disease.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Switzerland 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 127 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 25 19%
Student > Master 17 13%
Student > Postgraduate 12 9%
Researcher 11 9%
Other 7 5%
Other 14 11%
Unknown 43 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 42 33%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 11 9%
Immunology and Microbiology 6 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 5%
Other 16 12%
Unknown 42 33%
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Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 April 2022.
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#8,262,445
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Clinical and Molecular Allergy
#123
of 216 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#21,443
of 64,840 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinical and Molecular Allergy
#1
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