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A retrospective analysis of 2244 patients with suspected fungal infections was performed, utilizing PCR and fungal cultures for diagnosis. Confirmed fungal infections were present in 53.0% of cases. In adults, infections predominantly affected the nails and feet, while in children, the scalp and nails were the most involved sites. Trichophyton rubrum was the most common pathogen overall, but T. tonsurans was the leading cause of scalp, face, and neck infections, as well as tinea corporis in children. T. tonsurans incidence significantly increased in adults and became the most frequent agent of upper-body tinea corporis by 2022. These findings highlight a shift in pathogen distribution, with T. tonsurans emerging as the leading cause of upper-body skin infections, underscoring the need for targeted prevention strategies and further investigation of its transmission routes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jof11040320","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,18]],"date-time":"2025-04-18T02:25:31Z","timestamp":1744943131000},"page":"320","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Epidemiology and Trends of Cutaneous Fungal Infections (2019\u20132022) in Israel: A Single Tertiary-Center Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Eran","family":"Galili","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan 52621, Israel"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Auriella","family":"Taieb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan 52621, Israel"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Avner","family":"Shemer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan 52621, Israel"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2225-5744","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gil","family":"Leor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Lyakhovitsky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan 52621, Israel"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aviv","family":"Barzilai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan 52621, Israel"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sharon","family":"Baum","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan 52621, Israel"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"22","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jdin.2020.10.003","article-title":"The global, regional, and national burden of fungal skin diseases in 195 countries and territories: A cross-sectional analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017","volume":"2","author":"Urban","year":"2021","journal-title":"JAAD Int."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"77","DOI":"10.1007\/s11046-016-0082-8","article-title":"The changing face of dermatophytic infections worldwide","volume":"182","author":"Zhan","year":"2017","journal-title":"Mycopathologia"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Chanyachailert, P., Leeyaphan, C., and Bunyaratavej, S. 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