Mansoor Dilnawaz, Naseer Rashid Dar.
Tinea Pedis: An Outline of the Clinical Spectrum and Diagnostic Approach.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;51(2):146-51.

Tinea pedis is the fungal infection of the feet, caused primarily by dermatophytes, but also rarely by non-dermatophyte species. `Interdigital tinea pedis` presents as an inflammatory scaling process of the toe webs. `Moccasin-type` tinea pedis involves the interdigital, plantar, lateral, and dorsal aspects of the foot, effectively covering that appendage like a scaly shoe. Plantar tinea pedis is a dry scaling infection of the sole of the foot. This form tends to be chronic and can be bilateral and, when associated with unilateral tinea manuum, forms the `one hand, two foot syndrome`. These three forms of tinea pedis, interdigital, plantar and moccasin - can be caused by the anthropophilic dermatophytes, T. rub rum, T. mentagrophytes var. interdigitale, and E. Floccosum. T. rub rum however, is responsible for the greatest share of disease worldwide. `Vesicular` tinea pedis is an inflammatory, vesiculobullous infection of the plantar and lateral aspect of the foot. Its cause is the granular fonn of T. mentagrophytes, which is usually considered to be animal in origin. The diagnosis of tinea pedis is based on clinical assessment and laboratory support.

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