Favus

Favus
Other names	Tinea favosa[1]
An infant with favus, in Kharah, Akhnoor District, Jammu & Kashmir, India.
Specialty	Infectious diseases

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Favus (Latin for "honeycomb") or tinea favosa is the severe form of tinea capitis, a skin infectious disease caused by the dermatophyte fungus Trichophyton schoenleinii. Typically the species affects the scalp,^[2] but occasionally occurs as onychomycosis, tinea barbae, or tinea corporis.

The word favid is more used than French word favus, which is close to the Latin etymology.^{[citation needed]}