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Athlete's foot is the most common infection caused on feet by a fungus, which is a type of germ. It can develop in areas of moisture between your toes and sometimes in other parts of your foot.

Athlete's foot has many symptoms. Some of them are:

  • Itching, odor and burning;
  • Rupture and peeling of the skin between your toes or bottom of your feet;
  • Itchy blisters;
  • Very dry skin on the bottom or sides of the feet, and
  • Toenails that are thick, broken, with the wrong color, or appear to be detached from your fingers.

Foot Fungus Athlete's foot is a fungal infection caused by dermatophyte fungi (which feed on keratin) or yeast (very rare with an impaired immune system). It affects the interdigital folds, the plant and the edges of the foot.

The mycosis caused by dermatophytes are a group of fungi that are capable of infecting nonviable keratinized cutaneous tissues, including the stratum corneum, nails and hair tinea unguium tinea capitis.

There are about 42 species of dermatophytes can affect the keratinized tissues, and these are classified by source, in: zoophilic, living animals, anthropophilic that live exclusively in humans and geofílicos who live on earth. Among the dermatophytes that can give the athlete's foot include Trichophyton rubrum here, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and to a lesser extent, on Epidermophyton floccosum.