Subtypes of infections include:
Tinea corporis (ringworm)
Body except for feet, groin, face, scalp hair or beard hair
Clinical manifestation:
Pruritic, circular scaly patch or plaque → central clearing → annular plaque
Tinea pedis (athlete's foot)
Foot
Clinical manifestation:
Between digit spaces
Pruritic
Erosions
Scales
Bullous
Tinea cruris (jock itch)
Groin
Clinical manifestation:
Erythematous patch on proximal inner thigh → central clearing with sharp borders and vesicles
Scrotum typically spared
Tinea capitis
Scalp hair
Clinical manifestation:
Scaly patches with alopecia
Tinea unguium (Dermatophyte onchomycosis)
Nail
Clinical manifestation:
Body except for feet, groin, face, scalp hair or beard hair
Clinical manifestation:
Pruritic, circular scaly patch or plaque → central clearing → annular plaque
Pruritic, circular scaly patch or plaque → central clearing → annular plaque
Foot
Clinical manifestation:
Between digit spaces
Pruritic
Erosions
Scales
Bullous
Between digit spaces
Pruritic
Erosions
Scales
Bullous
Groin
Clinical manifestation:
Erythematous patch on proximal inner thigh → central clearing with sharp borders and vesicles
Scrotum typically spared
Erythematous patch on proximal inner thigh → central clearing with sharp borders and vesicles
Scrotum typically spared
Scalp hair
Clinical manifestation:
Scaly patches with alopecia
Scaly patches with alopecia
Nail
Clinical manifestation:
Dermatophytosis
Interdigital candida infection
Onychomycosis
Erythrasma
Tinea versicolor
Atopic dermatitis
Otomycosis
Chronic contact dermatitis