Culture of hair material (pulling out an affected hair is not painful) detects trichophyton species in most cases. Compared with trichophyton infections, infections with microsporum species miss ...

Griseofulvin may be superior to terbinafine in rare cases of tinea capitis caused by Microsporum species. The diagnosis of onychomycosis should be confirmed by mycology culture and children should ...

In a paper published in Mycology, researchers investigated the adaptive mechanisms of Microsporum canis, a dermatophyte transitioning from animal to human hosts. Using comparative genomics, the study ...