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[′fā·vəs] (medicine) A fungal infection of the scalp, usually caused by Trichophyton schoenleini, characterized by round, yellow, cup-shaped crusts having a peculiar mousy odor. Also known as tinea favosa.

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a skin disease that is caused by a fungus of the genus Achorion. Favus usually spreads through direct contact with sick persons or infected objects, more rarely through contact with such animals as cats, rats, or mice. Children are especially susceptible. In most cases the scalp is affected, although the smooth skin and nails are other possible sites of infection. Crusty, yellow, compact, saucer-shaped formations, which are called scutula and which have an unpleasant mousy odor, surround a central hair; they form within the horny layer of the epidermis and consist of pure cultures of the fungus. Hair easily falls out from the affected areas and is lackluster, ashy gray, and dry. The scutula leave atrophic scars over which hair cannot grow back. Scutula also can appear on smooth skin, but these do not develop into atrophic scars. Affected nails are usually thickened, nodular, yellow, and brittle. The treatment for favus is the same as for superficial trichophytosis.

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(in animals), a fungal infection caused in birds by Trichophyton gallinae (Achorion gallinae) and in mammals by T. quinckeanum, which is also pathogenic for man. The fungus and its spores are transmitted by direct contact and by grooming implements. Mice and rats transmit favus to dogs, cats, and rabbits.

Among birds, the young of chickens and turkeys are most commonly affected. A dry, thick whitish gray layer consisting of the mycelium and spores of the fungus appears on the comb and wattles. In advanced stages of the disease, the feathers on the breast and head are affected and bald spots appear; the birds become emaciated and die. In cats, dogs, and rabbits, thick, dry whitish yellow crusts called scutula form on the head and occasionally on the body. The hair becomes dry and falls out. The fungus is sometimes localized in the claws.

Commercially valuable animals and birds are treated with phenol solution, Creolin, or a 2-percent solution of Formalin. Favus is prevented by isolating infected animals, exterminating rodents, killing acutely infected birds and animals, and disinfecting the animals’ and birds’ quarters.

REFERENCE

Kashkin, P. N. Dermatomikozy (cheloveka i zhivotnykh), 3rd ed. Leningrad, 1967.

V. P. KOROLEVA

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A tile or slab of marble cut into a hexagonal shape, so as to produce a honeycomb pattern in pavements.

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[fa´vus] a type of ringworm, most often involving the scalp but sometimes affecting glabrous (smooth) skin, with formation of prominent honeycomblike masses, usually due to Trichophyton schoenleini.

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(fā'vŭs, fah'vŭs), A severe, unremitting type of chronic ringworm of the scalp and nails, with scarring and formation of crusts called scutula, caused by three dissimilar dermatophytes, Trichophyton schoenleinii (most commonly), T. violaceum, and Microsporum gypseum; it occurs more frequently in the Mediterranean countries, southeastern Europe, southern Asia, and northern Africa. Synonym(s): crusted ringworm, honeycomb ringworm, tinea favosa, witkop [L. honeycomb]

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(fā′vəs)n. A chronic skin infection, usually of the scalp, caused by fungi of the genus Trichophyton and characterized by the development of thick, yellow crusts over the hair follicles.

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A disfiguring scalp dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton violaceum and Microsporum gypseum, with destruction of hair follicles and alopecia

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(fā'vŭs) A severe type of chronic ringworm of the scalp and nails; it occurs more frequently in Mediterranean countries, southeastern Europe, southern Asia, and northern Africa. Differences in severity are related to hygiene. [L. honeycomb]

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A persistent infection of the hair follicles, especially of the scalp (tinea capitis), caused by the fungus Trichophyton schoenleinii . Characteristic crusts form and in the long term there is widespread loss of hair from scarring. From Latin, favus , a honeycomb.

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noun a contagious fungal infection of the scalp

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