This book provides a comprehensive overview on the most recent knowledge in dermatophytic infection biology. Topics covered range from taxonomy, biology and genetics of most common skin disease causing fungi over immunology of dermatophytosis to diagnosis and treatment approaches. Furthermore epidemiology of skin diseases caused by pathogenic fungi is discussed. The book is aimed at researchers and advanced students in infection biology, microbiology and dermatology. 

Current taxonomy of dermatophytes: Introduction to dermatophytes.-  Clinical aspects: Dermatophytes and dermatophytic fungi worldwide

 Onychomycosis in the 21st Century- An update on epidemiology and diagnosis
 Invasive dermatophytosis:  clinical presentations, diagnosis, and treatment
 Unusual dermatophytosis and emerging dermatophyte species
 Non-dermatophyte dermatoses mimicking dermatophytoses in animals
Pathogenesis of dermatophytosis: Experimental models of dermatophytosis
 Transcriptomic studies of host-dermatophyte interactions
 Genetic predictors of susceptibility to dermatophytes
Epidemiology of dermatophytes and dermatophytosis
 The Trichophyton rubrum complex
Microsporumferrugineum- the renaissance of a forgotten dermatophyte
 Trichophyton mentagrophytes ITS genotypes VII in Germany
 Trends in epidemiology of dermatophytosis in Iran
 Onychomycosis in adults: a clinical perspective from Mexico
 Tinea capitis in school children: current status
Biological diagnosis and treatment of dermatophytosis:  The potential of molecular diagnosis in the routine dermatology
Laboratory diagnosis of dermatophytosis
 MALDI-TOF-based identification of dermatophytes
 Antifungal susceptibility testing of dermatophytes
 Terbinafine and itraconazole resistance in dermatophytes.-  New antifungal agents and new formulations against dermatophytes
 Are natural products an alternative therapy for dermatophytes?