http://balancedhealthtoday.com/ellagica.html http://www.balancedhealthtoday.com/store/ellagica.html Skin yeast infections were first discovered and classified in 1839 by Schoelein. The causative fungi in that case was a dermatophyte and was later named Trichophyton schoenleinii. This was the first microorganism shown to cause infection or disease in humans. In 1925, B. Shelmire discovered skin yeast caused by candida and published his findings in Arch. Dermatol. Syph. 12. Since then these candida skin infections have been the topic of many research papers and studies. The infections usually fall under three classifications: 1. Superficial infections caused by yeasts that have the ability to use keratin for food in the skin, hair, and nails. 2. Skin infections that happened because of a traumatic event and the yeasts were able to colonize the associated site. 3. Life threatening systemic yeast infections that are often seen in immunocompromised individuals. Most of these infections are caused by dermatophytes that are further classified as either Epidermophyton, Microsporum, and Trichophyton species. These yeasts are further sub-classified under these main species into approximately 40 other subspecies at this time. Most of these classified pathogenic fungi fall under the tinea subspecies. According to C. C. Kibbler; jock itch, toenail fungus, dandruff, athlete's foot, and ringworm, are most often caused by one of the dermatophytes and infect 10 to 15% of the entire worlds population. Causative factors for dermatophyte infections are most often associated with animals, especially cats, public swimming pools and public baths. http://www.balancedhealthtoday.com/store/ http://balancedhealthtoday.com/products.html

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