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Dermatophytosis: History, Applications & Events

Dermatophytosis, also known as tinea and ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin (a dermatomycosis), that may affect skin, hair, and nails. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. The types of dermatophytoses are typically named for the…

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Dermatophytosis topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Applications and Events as prominent areas in the source structure around Dermatophytosis.

Related topics
110
Source areas
10
Connected nodes
120
Extracted relationships
71
Concept neighborhoods
40
Bridge connections
120

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Other animals · 29 topics
Overview · 25 topics
Types · 18 topics
Treatment · 9 topics
Causes · 6 topics
History · 6 topics
Prevention · 6 topics
Epidemiology · 5 topics
Signs and symptoms · 3 topics
Terminology · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Causes
Fungal infection
Diagnostic method
Based on symptoms, microbial culture, microscopic examination
Differential diagnosis
Dermatitis, psoriasis, pityriasis rosea, tinea versicolor
Frequency
20% of the population
Other names
Ringworm, tinea
Prevention
Keep the skin dry, not walking barefoot in public, not sharing personal items

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Types

Signs and symptoms

Causes

Prevention

Treatment

History

Terminology

Other animals

Epidemiology

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Dermatophytosis connects Entity context

The extracted context around Dermatophytosis shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Dermatophytosis → Africa, America, Europe, For, In, Low, Microsporum, Numerous, Onychomycosis, Pets, The, Throughout Africa, Tinea, Trichophyton, Worldwide Another extracted example is Dermatophytosis → As, Boehringer Ingelheim, Czechoslovak, For, In Russia, In Scandinavian, Insol Dermatophyton, LFT, Russian, Since, With. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Dermatophytosis

Top relations

related to Epidemiology · 15
Dermatophytosis → Africa, America, Europe, For, In, Low, Microsporum, Numerous, Onychomycosis, Pets, The, Throughout Africa, Tinea, Trichophyton, Worldwide
related to Vaccination · 11
Dermatophytosis → As, Boehringer Ingelheim, Czechoslovak, For, In Russia, In Scandinavian, Insol Dermatophyton, LFT, Russian, Since, With
related to Types · 10
Dermatophytosis → Dermatophytes, DermatophytosisTinea, Hortaea, Malassezia, Microsporum, The, The Latin, These, Tinea, Trichophyton
related to Diagnosis · 8
Dermatophytosis → Circular, In, Microsporum, Ringworm, Similar, Three, Trichophyton, Veterinarians
related to history · 3
Dermatophytosis → Another, Hairy, X-rays
Causes · 1
Dermatophytosis → Fungal infection
Diagnostic method · 1
Dermatophytosis → Based on symptoms, microbial culture, microscopic examination
Differential diagnosis · 1
Dermatophytosis → Dermatitis, psoriasis, pityriasis rosea, tinea versicolor
Frequency · 1
Dermatophytosis → 20% of the population
Other names · 1
Dermatophytosis → Ringworm, tinea

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

ringworm may skin infections tinea infection hair trichophyton fungal treatment scalp common animals also species fungi microsporum pet dermatophytes symptoms

Dermatophytosis relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 71 structured relationships around Dermatophytosis. Examples in this analysis include Dermatophytosis → Causes → Fungal infection and Dermatophytosis → Diagnostic method → Based on symptoms, microbial culture, microscopic examination. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DermatophytosisCausesFungal infection1.00infobox
DermatophytosisDiagnostic methodBased on symptoms, microbial culture, microscopic examination1.00infobox
DermatophytosisDifferential diagnosisDermatitis, psoriasis, pityriasis rosea, tinea versicolor1.00infobox
DermatophytosisFrequency20% of the population1.00infobox
DermatophytosisOther namesRingworm, tinea1.00infobox
DermatophytosisPreventionKeep the skin dry, not walking barefoot in public, not sharing personal items1.00infobox
DermatophytosisRisk factorsUsing public showers, contact sports, excessive sweating, contact with animals, obesity, poor immune function1.00infobox
DermatophytosisSpecialtyDermatology, Internal Medicine1.00infobox
DermatophytosisSymptomsRed, itchy, scaly, circular skin rash1.00infobox
DermatophytosisTreatmentAntifungal creams (clotrimazole, miconazole)1.00infobox
wrestlinginstance ofcontact sports0.80text
excessive sweatinginstance ofcontact sports0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Dermatophytosis bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Tinea, Cause and Fungus. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Dermatophytosis
    • Tinea
    • Cause
    • Fungus
    • Species
    • May
    • Skin
    • Types
    • Using
    • Cats
    • Pets
    • Affected
    • Animals
  • dermatophytosis
    • Tinea
    • Cause
    • Fungus
    • Species
    • May
    • Skin
    • Types
    • Using
    • Cats
    • Pets
    • Affected
    • Animals
  • fungal infection
    • Infection
    • Species
    • Hair
    • Spores
    • Pet
    • Caused
    • Skin
    • Ringworm
    • Infections
    • Tinea
    • Area
    • Body
  • tinea capitis
    • Capitis
    • Tinea
    • Found
    • Dermatophytes
    • Treatment
    • Caused
    • Disease
    • Humans
    • Fungus
    • Scalp
    • Infections
    • Types
  • skin
    • May
    • Diagnosis
    • Antifungal
    • Using
    • Cause
    • Fungus
    • Scalp
    • Hair
    • Tinea
    • Types
    • Symptoms
    • Disease
  • skin folds
    • May
    • Diagnosis
    • Antifungal
    • Using
    • Cause
    • Fungus
    • Scalp
    • Hair
    • Tinea
    • Types
    • Symptoms
    • Disease
  • other animals
    • Using
    • Species
    • Ringworm
    • Diagnosis
    • Antifungal
    • Types
    • Dermatophytosis
    • Symptoms
    • Cats
    • Disease
    • Dogs
    • Humans
  • types of dermatophytoses
    • Cause
    • Fungus
    • Pet
    • Diagnosis
    • Antifungal
    • Typically
    • Symptoms
    • Using
    • Body
    • Animals
    • Spores
    • Fungi

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Dermatophytosis, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Dermatophytosis with Other animals. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Dermatophytosis — Other animals · splits 91 ⟂ 30
Dermatophytosis — Overview · splits 95 ⟂ 26
Dermatophytosis — Types · splits 102 ⟂ 19
Dermatophytosis — Treatment · splits 111 ⟂ 10
Dermatophytosis — Causes · splits 114 ⟂ 7
Dermatophytosis — Prevention · splits 114 ⟂ 7
Dermatophytosis — History · splits 114 ⟂ 7
Dermatophytosis — Epidemiology · splits 115 ⟂ 6
Dermatophytosis — Signs and symptoms · splits 117 ⟂ 4
Dermatophytosis — Terminology · splits 117 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Dermatophytosis

Nodes121
Edges120
Triples71
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016529
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Dermatophytosis to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications & Events, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Dermatophytosis · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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