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	Athlete's Foot Tinea Pedis
		Dermatophytes may be spread from other humans (anthropophilic), animals (zoophilic) or may come from the soil (geophilic).
		Zoophilic organisms are found primarily in animals and cause marked inflammatory reactions in humans who have contact with infected cats, dogs, cattle, horses, birds, or other animals.
		Geophilic species are usually recovered from the soil but occasionally infect humans and animals.
	www.clearups.com /af.html (548 words)

	Abstract 2000-4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Spiewak R, Szostak W. Zoophilic and geophilic dermatophytoses among farmers and non-farmers in eastern Poland.
		The study was aimed at assessing the frequency of zoophilic and geophilic fungal infections among farmers compared to non-farmers in eastern Poland.
		Zoophilic and geophilic fungi identified in our study were responsible either for superficial mycosis and/or onychomycosis, no case of deep mycoses or scalp infections were found.
	www.radoslawspiewak.net /2000-4a.htm (277 words)

	Geophilic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Geophillic means soil loving or prefering the soil
		Geophilic organisms are usually recovered from the soil but occasionally infect humans and animals.
		They cause a marked inflammatory reaction, which limits the spread of the infection and may lead to a spontaneous cure but may also leave scars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geophilic (94 words)

	What are Fungi
		They cannot produce their own food; thus they behave as either parasites or saprophytes, absorbing nutrients from organic matter, such as humans and animals.
		More commonly known as moulds and yeasts, fungi are found in nature, and they appear in the environment (Geophilic), on humans (Anthropophlic), and on animals (Zoophilic).
		Moulds have singular hyphae (a threadlike part of the vegetative portion of a fungus) and produce velvety cotton-looking colonies.
	www.fungalguide.ca /basics/what_are_fungi.html (184 words)

	Athlete's foot biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Dermatophytes may be spread from other humans, anthropophilic, animals zoophilic or may come from the soil geophilic.
		Zoophilic organisms are found primarily in animals and cause marked inflammatory reactions in humans who have contact with infected cats, dogs, cattle, horses, birds, or other animals.
		Geophilic species are usually recovered from the soil but occasionally infect humans and animals.
	www.biography.ms /Tinea_pedis.html (486 words)

	Superficial (cutaneous) mycoses
		geophilic - usually found in the soil, transmitted to man by direct exposure.
		Knowledge of the species of dermatophyte and source of infection are important for proper treatment of the patient and control of the source.
		Invasion by zoophilic or geophilic organisms may cause inflammatory disease in man.
	pathmicro.med.sc.edu /mycology/mycology-4.htm (1050 words)

	American Family Physician: Superficial tinea infections
		Geophilic species normally inhabit the soil, where they live on keratin that is shed by animals.
		Anthropophilic species--those that are at home on human nails, skin and hair--rarely infect animals and cannot survive in the soil.
		Frequently, geophilic and zoophilic species cause a brisk inflammatory reaction in humans; anthropophilic species do not cause this reaction.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n2_v48/ai_13280757 (1406 words)

	Microsporum Species
		is soil (the geophilic species), others primarily affect various animals (the zoophilic species) or human (the anthropophilic species).
		Microsporum is the asexual state of the fungus and the telemorph phase is referred to as genus Arthroderma [343, 1737, 2079].
		Geophilic (also isolated from furs of cats, dogs, and rodents)
	doctorfungus.com /thefungi/Microsporum_spp.htm (1190 words)

	QurNail™.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Microsporum is a filamentous keratinophilic fungus included in the group of dermatophytes.
		While the natural habitat of some of the Microsporum is soil (the geophilic species), others primarily affect various animals (the zoophilic species) or humans (the anthropophilic species).
		Some species are isolated from both soil and animals (geophilic and zoophilic).
	www.qurnail.com /Microsporum.html (375 words)

	Ann Agric Environ Med 2000, 7, No 2*
		Abstract: The study was aimed at assessing the frequency of zoophilic and geophilic fungal infections among farmers compared to non-farmers in eastern Poland.
		Anthropophilic dermatophytes were identified in 30 (40.5%), whereas zoophilic or geophilic dermatophytes in 6 persons (8.1%):
		Key words:occupational hygiene, work-related infections, farmers, zoophilic and geophilic dermatophytes, superficial mycoses, onychomycosis, Trichophyton verrucosum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes var.
	www.aaem.pl /pdf/aaem0021.htm (278 words)

	7/24/99 --Ringworm - Your Cat's Fault? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Dermatophytes can be divided into three groups on the basis of their natural habitats.
		Geophilic dermatophytes normally inhabit the soil and can be acquired by people or animals through this medium.
		Anthrophilic dermatophytes have adapted to humans, will not survive in soil, and pass from person to person - usually by direct contact.
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		The anthropophilic type of fungi are not highly inflammatory, but can produce a very persistent type of tinea.
		The geophilic fungi inhabit the soil, and are generally not considered pathogenic in the normal human.
		The third type of dermatophyte are the zoophilic organisms.
	www.continuingeducation.com /pharmacy/foot/intro.html (1350 words)

	Merck Vet. Edition - Mycetomas
		When such lesions are caused by fungi, they are known as eumycotic mycetomas.
		The causal agents of eumycotic mycetomas include a variety of saprophytic geophilic fungi.
		Eumycotic mycetomas caused by pigmented fungi such as Curvularia spp and Madurella spp are called fl- or dark-grain mycetomas.
	www.merckvetmanual.com /mvm/htm/bc/51112.htm (404 words)

	Superficial Fungal Infections of the Skin--Dermatophyte Infections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This manifests clinically as an eczematous reaction with erythema, hyperkeratosis, scaling and pruritus.
		Dermatophytoses can be acquired from other people (anthropophilic), animals (zoophilic), or soil (geophilic).
		The distribution of dermatophyte organisms has expanded due to increased travel and migration; therefore, they are no longer entirely endemic to specific regions.
	www.bu.edu /cme/modules/2002/superficialfungal02/content/2-derm.htm (164 words)

	geophilic - OneLook Dictionary Search
		We found 6 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word geophilic:
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		geophilic : The On-line Medical Dictionary [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=geophilic (94 words)

	Mycology Online -- Microsporum
		Numerous pyriform to clavate microconidia are also produced but these are not diagnostic.
		Microsporum fulvum is a geophilic fungus of world-wide distribution which may cause occasional infections in humans and animals.
		Clinical disease is similar to M. gypseum but less common and usually not separated from it in the literature.
	www.mycology.adelaide.edu.au /Fungal_Descriptions/Dermatophytes/Microsporum/Microsporum_fulvum.html (134 words)

	Microbiology :: The dermatophytes :: Pharmaceutical Information and Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Species capable of reproducing sexually belong in the teleomorphic genus, Arthroderma, of the Ascomycota.
		on the basis of primary habitat association, they may be grouped as geophilic (soil associated), zoophilic, and anthropophilic.
		The dermatophytes have the ability to invade keratinized tissue (skin, hair, and nails) but are usually restricted to the nonliving cornified layer of the epidermis because of their inability to penetrate viable tissue of an immunocompetent host.
	www.pharmainfo.net /displayarticle2316.html (213 words)

	Fungi and Mycology
		Zoophilic means animal (zoo- just think of going to a real zoo) loving, and this is a fungus you may catch from your pet.
		Geophilic means earth (geo- as in geology, or the earth) loving, of course you get this one from the soil.
		Ringworm is the kind of fungus that gets on the body, but some fungus just irritates the body.
	www.doctorfungus.org /thefungi (1382 words)

	Case Based Pediatrics Chapter
		Anthropophilic dermatophytes are those acquired from humans and can cause chronic low-grade infections to acute inflammatory disease.
		Geophilic dermatophytes infect humans sporadically causing an inflammatory reaction and are acquired from the soil.
		Zoophilic dermatophytes are acquired from animals through direct or indirect contact.
	www.hawaii.edu /medicine/pediatrics/pedtext/s06c32.html (3457 words)

	Mycology Online -- Trichophyton
		Chlamydoconidia, hyphal spirals, racquet mycelium and antler hyphae may also be present.
		Trichophyton terrestre is a geophilic fungus of world-wide distribution which may occur as a saprophytic contaminant on humans and animals.
		It is not known to invade hair in vivo, but produces hair perforations in vitro.
	www.mycology.adelaide.edu.au /Fungal_Descriptions/Dermatophytes/Trichophyton/terrestre.html (125 words)

	Fungi as Human Pathogens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Geophilic or "earth loving." Species occur naturally in soil, presumably as a saprobe, but is capable of infecting animals and people.
		There must be great differences among individuals in susceptibility to infection of these ringworm fungi as well as great differences in susceptibility of an individuals at different times.
		Geophilic: Literarily "earth loving." Species that occur naturally in soil, presumably as a saprobe, but is capable of infecting animals and people.
	www.botany.hawaii.edu /faculty/wong/Bot135/LECT09.HTM (6249 words)

	Clinical and Molecular Allergy \| Full text \| Dermatology for the practicing allergist: Tinea pedis and its complications
		These fungi may be spread from soil (geophilic), animals (zoophilic), or humans (anthropophilic) as well as through contact with fomites.
		Of these keratinophilic organisms, Trichophyton rubrum is the most common pathogen associated with chronic tinea pedis, while other fungal pathogens have also been associated with the disorder and are listed in Table 1.
		The factors affecting the transmission of these dermatophytic pathogens are dependent on the source of infection, which is usually either human (anthropophilic), animal (zoophilic) or soil (geophilic).
	www.clinicalmolecularallergy.com /content/2/1/5 (5441 words)

	Ringworm in Dogs and People
		Another species of dermatophyte, T. verrucosum, is also zoophilic and is associated with infection from cattle6.
		One species of fungus, M. gypseum is geophilic and acquired from contaminated soil 3.
		To diagnose dermatomycosis in either animals or humans, one should examine a potassium hydroxide preparation of skin scrapings microscopically for the presence of fungal spore clusters.
	www.petalk.com /ringworm.html (3815 words)

	geophilic - OneLook Dictionary Search
		We found 3 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word geophilic:
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "geophilic" is defined.
		geophilic : The On-line Medical Dictionary [home, info]
	onelook.com /?w=geophilic (86 words)

	Mycology of dermatophyte fungus infections. DermNet NZ
		They depend on their host, which may be an animal ("zoophilic") or a human ("anthropophilic") and need to spread from one host to another to survive.
		Anthropophilic dermatophytes are so well adapted to living on human skin that they provoke minimal inflammatory reaction.
		Zoophilic or geophilic dermatophytes will often provoke a more vigorous inflammatory reaction when they attempt to invade human skin.
	dermnetnz.org /fungal/mycology.html (167 words)

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		ZOOPHILIC AND GEOPHILIC FUNGI AS A CAUSE OF SKIN DISEASE IN FARMERS
		Spiewak R: Zoophilic and geophilic fungi as a cause of skin disease in f
		Abstract: The impact of microscopic fungi on the farmers’ health seems to be underestimated.
	www.aaem.pl /pdf/aaem9812.htm (236 words)

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	hair, baldness, hair disease, alopecia, excess hair, and treatments - reference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		These fungi can cause superficial infections of the skin, hair, and nails.
		Dermatophytes are spread by direct contact from other people (anthropophilic organisms), animals (zoophilic organisms), and soil (geophilic organisms), as well as indirectly from fomites.
		Dermatophyte infections can be readily diagnosed based on the history, physical examination, and potassium hydroxide (KOH) microscopy.
	www.keratin.com /ab/ab016ref001.shtml (202 words)

	Nasty Skin and Nail Fungi That You're Just Itching To Know!
		Technically, geophilic species congeneric with dermatophytes but not causing infection, such as Trichophyton terrestre and Microsporum cookei, are not themselves dermatophytes.
		The influential definition of "dermatophyte" popularized by the Centers for Disease Control's Dr. Libero Ajello from the early 1960's onward stated that the term, translated as "skin plant," could be applied only to species that caused infection.
		This species is thought to be geophilic but does cause infection in humans.
	www3.sympatico.ca /ross.fraser/Richard4.htm (5974 words)

	Mycetoma Caused by a New Red Grain Mycetoma Agent in Two Members of a Family Maiti PK, Bandyopadhyay D, Dey JB, ...
		The saprophytic forms of the causal agents are present in the soil or plants.
		At least 10 geophilic actinomycetes[1] are reported to cause actinomycetoma but many more similar organisms are known without pathogenic significance.
		Actinomadura pelletieri is so far the only known red grain mycetoma agent.
	www.jpgmonline.com /article.asp?issn%3D0022-3859%3Byear%3D2003%3Bvolume%3D49%3Bissue%3D4%3Bspage%3D322%3Bepage%3D324%3Baulast%3DMaiti (1083 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals (1997)
		The clinical expression of der- matomycosis depends on various host factors and the predilection of the organ- ism.
		Dermatophytes generally grow in keratinized epithelium, hair, nails, horn, and feathers and are classified according to their optimal substrate as geophilic (soil), zoophilic (animals), or anthropophilic (human).
		Many of the zoophilic fungi are species-adapted and cause infection without inciting serious inflamma- tory lesions in their host species; however, in an aberrant host, such as a human, a vesicular or pustular eczematous lesion with intense inflammation and rapid regression can occur.
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