Dermatophytids

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Dermatophytids are fungus-free disseminated skin lesions resulting from induced sensitization in patients with ringworm infections. The most common dermatophytid is an inflammation in the hands resulting from a fungus infection of the feet. Dermatophytids normally disappear when the primary ringworm infection is treated.

Dermatophytids may resemble erythema nodosum.

• The Merck Manual, Twelfth Edition, 1972, p. 1451

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