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Is your patient immunodeficient to fungal skin infection?
Chronic fungal skin infection maybe as a result of immunodeficiency. This blog explores the idea.

Ivan Bristow
Oct 64 min read
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Why do antifungal nail treatments fail?
Treatments don't always work for fungal nail infection - why not? This blog examines possible reasons.

Ivan Bristow
Jul 18 min read
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How common is tinea pedis in children?
How common is athletes foot or tinea pedis in children? This article investigates,

Ivan Bristow
May 14 min read
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What are the best socks if you have athlete's foot?
What are the best socks if you have fungal foot infection? This article looks at recent research into toe socks as a preventative treatment

Ivan Bristow
Feb 244 min read
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Topical azoles & statins. Rare interactions.
Statins are the most commonly prescribed drug today but they can interact with athletes foot treatments.

Ivan Bristow
Nov 9, 20244 min read
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Dermatophytoma – we've seen this all before.
Dermatophytoma is a fungal biofilm located under the nail.

Ivan Bristow
Jul 4, 20244 min read
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Topical statins - a drug to treat dermatophyte skin infections?
Topical statins have the potential to treat athletes foot infections.

Ivan Bristow
Apr 30, 20243 min read
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Does terbinafine cause liver damage?
Oral terbinafine continues to be the oral drug of choice in the management of onychomycosis, but there continues to be doubt over its...

Ivan Bristow
Oct 3, 20233 min read
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Why does skin peeling occur on the feet?
Why does the skin on the soles peel? This article examines the common and rare causes

Ivan Bristow
Sep 7, 20235 min read
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Preventing Dermatophyte Reinfection
In this blog, I look at evidence regarding strategies to prevent dermatophyte reinfection of the feet and toenails.

Ivan Bristow
Jun 13, 20237 min read
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Drilling holes in nails – getting to the root of the infection?
How can we improve cure rates when using topical antifungal nail treatments? Published work suggests nail fenestration may help.

Ivan Bristow
Dec 5, 20226 min read
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Is susceptibility to tinea genetic?
With increasing DNA analysis technology, can we unravel the mystery of tinea? Is susceptibility genetic? This blog looks at recent work.

Ivan Bristow
Nov 8, 20224 min read
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What’s your patient hiding from you?
Tinea incognito a term for an unrecognised fungal skin infection occurring after topical steroid use.

Ivan Bristow
Oct 10, 20223 min read
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Assessing Progress in Onychomycosis
The OSI is a simple clinical tool to quantify and measure the extent of nail involvement in onychomycosis. This video explains how it works.

Ivan Bristow
Aug 30, 20222 min read
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How much should I use?
So often patients ask how much cream should I apply to my feet? The Fingertip unit is a way of conveying this information simply.

Ivan Bristow
Jul 5, 20222 min read
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Onychomycosis in children
Onychomycosis in children is an unusual finding. This blog looks at what we know about it.

Ivan Bristow
Jun 1, 20225 min read
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Pseudomonal Chloronychia - Green nails
Green nails are a sign of Pseudomonas infection. This article looks at its presentation and management.

Ivan Bristow
Jun 1, 20223 min read
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The growing problem of dermatophyte resistance
For many years fungal skin infection, particularly tinea pedis has been a very common pathology which when diagnosed, was considered...

Ivan Bristow
Nov 30, 20214 min read
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Deciphering the fungal code
Thsi articles summarises some of the recent discoveries around fungal virulence amongst dermatophytes.

Ivan Bristow
Jun 16, 20214 min read
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