Our medical rewrite today will be for CODA. The deep dives will be about Dermatophyte infections – aka ring worm.

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References used in this episode 

Epidemiology and etiology of tinea infections· https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18478365/· https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33900539/· https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15097959/ 

Large case series of tinea scrotum https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37072674/ 

Effects of temperature and humidity on penetration of dermatophytes into human stratum https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14615792/ 

Tinea infections transmitted from sexual contact – MUST SEE PICTURES TO APPRECIATE SEVERITY· https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11913763/· https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26071391/· https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37347803/ 

British Association of Dermatologists' guidelines for the management of onychomycosis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25409999/ 

UpToDate Dermatophyte infections https://www.uptodate.com/contents/dermatophyte-tinea-infections#H1217398057 

Cochrane review of topical antifungal treatments for tinea cruris and tinea corporis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25090020/ 

Superficial fungal infection review out of Australia from 2019 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31569324/