Infections cause are limited to only the outer layers of the hair, nails and skin. Non-invasive
	Benign, self-limiting infections Classification of superficial mycoses can be difficult - some text books will quote some superficial mycoses as being cutaneous mycoses, so watch out!
	TRANSMISSION Spread is by personal contact with an infected person Baths and showers, towels, bed linen etc Treatment - topical application of miconazole nitrate or griseofulvin
	INCIDENCE AND GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION Commonly in the tropics Rare in the US.
	TREATMENT Grisofulvin orally - enters bloodstream and passed to skin where it inhibits fungal growth.
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