Ringworm, officially known as dermatophytosis, is caused by a fungus and not, as the name implies, by a worm. (second-opinion-doc.com)
Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, has launched Itrafungol ™ (itraconazole oral solution), the only marketed FDA - approved * systemic treatment for dermatophytosis (ringworm) caused by Microsporum canis in cats. (elanco.com)
In some places on the body, hairs appear to have broken off close to the skin and were discolored near the broken tips — signs that the creature may have had a fungal infection called dermatophytosis that's common in living mammals. (sciencemag.org)