FURTHER STUDIES ON RINGWORM OF THE HANDS AND FEET
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- 1 February 1922
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
- Vol. 5 (2) , 174-197
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1922.02350270015002
Abstract
In the first paper by Dr. Ormsby and me,1which appeared in 1916, on mycotic infections of the hands and feet, we reviewed the literature, described the clinical types of the disorder, made a statistical study of sixty-five cases, and gave the results obtained by cultures of the tissue in seventeen cases. Since that time we have seen several hundred cases which indicates that this disorder is being seen in an increasing number of persons. The increase in frequency of the infection is probably both apparent and real. The apparent increase is due in large part to the fact that we are on the lookout for this condition, and not infrequently we find it in patients who have consulted us for entirely unrelated dermatoses. It is an interesting fact that some patients have had a macerations and the fissures about the toes for so many years that they haveKeywords
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