T. mentagrophytes | Figure 4.26
A: T. mentagrophytes *
B: T. rubrum *
C: T. tonsurans *
*Courtesy of Sandra Arduin,
Michigan Department of
Community Health |
(Figure 4.26A) - Infection: bullous tinea pedis, tinea corporis, tinea barbae, white superfi- cial onychomycosis, tinea capitis (ectothrix)
- Colony: fluffy white to buff → reverse red to brown
- Hyphae: spiral hyphae (black arrow)
- Conidia: cigar-shaped, thin-walled microconidia
- Misc: (+) hair perforation, (−) pigmentation on cornmeal agar, (+) urease
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