1 Thursday: The Chattanooga forecast for Oct 22 is 75 degrees and Sunny. 2  There is 50 percentage chance of rain and 1 mph winds from the East. 3  Friday: The Chattanooga forecast for Oct 23 is 73 degrees and Sunny. 4  There is 43 percentage chance of rain and 2 mph winds from the East-Northeast.
Dermatophytosis or ringworm is a clinical condition caused by fungal infection of the skin in humans, pets such as cats, and domesticated animals such as sheep and cattle. ringworm n : infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches [syn: {tinea}, {roundworm}]
Ringworm or dermatophytosis is an infection caused by a particular type of fungus that has the ability to grow on the skin and use the superficial layers of the skin, hair or nails as a source of nutrition.ollectively the fungi able to do this are termed 'dermatophytes'. Although ringworm is a common term used to describe dermatophyte infections, this has nothing to do with worms. There are approximately 40 different species of dermatophyte fungi, each tending to cause infection in a particular host animal.