Tinea barbae
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| Tinea barbæ | |
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Tinea barbæ or "barber's itch"
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| Specialty | Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 446: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| ICD-10 | B35.0 (ILDS B35.040) |
| ICD-9-CM | 110.0 |
| eMedicine | derm/419 |
| Patient UK | Tinea barbae |
Tinea barbæ (also known as "Barber's itch,"[1] "Ringworm of the beard,"[2] and "Tinea sycosis"[1]:301) is a fungal infection of the hair. Tinea barbae is due to a dermatophytic infection around the bearded area of men. Generally, the infection occurs as a follicular inflammation, or as a cutaneous granulomatous lesion, i.e. a chronic inflammatory reaction. It is one of the causes of Folliculitis. It is most common among agricultural workers, as the transmission is more common from animal-to-human than human-to-human. The most common causes are Trichophyton mentagrophytes and T. verrucosum.
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