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MeSH Heading: Tinea
Tree Number(s): C01.150.703.302.720; C01.800.200.720; C17.800.838.208.883
Unique ID: D014005
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014005
Annotation: the disease ringworm: do not confuse with TAENIA, tapeworm; GEN or unspecified: prefer specifics
Scope Note: Fungal infection of keratinized tissues such as hair, skin and nails. The main causative fungi include MICROSPORUM; TRICHOPHYTON; and EPIDERMOPHYTON.
Entry Term(s): Dermatophytoses; Dermatophytosis; Epidermophytosis; Ringworm; Tinea Corporis; Trichophyton mentagrophytes Infection; Trichophytosis
NLM Classification #: WR 310
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0021562
Scope Note: Fungal infection of keratinized tissues such as hair, skin and nails. The main causative fungi include MICROSPORUM; TRICHOPHYTON; and EPIDERMOPHYTON.
Terms: Tinea Preferred Term
Term UI T041079
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Dermatophytosis
Term UI T011551
Date01/27/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Dermatophytoses
Term UI T011552
Date01/27/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Ringworm
Term UI T041078
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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