title: Dermatophyte species, microscopic and cultural examination.
abstract: The dermatophytes Epidermophyton floccosum, Microsporum canis, Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale, T. rubrum, and T. verrucosum were compared with respect to the direct microscopic examination of a clinical material and the number of colonies obtained by culture. It was found that the results of microscopy as well as of culture depended to a marked extent upon which species were the cause of the mycosis. The extremes were E. floccosum and T. mentagrophytes var. interdigitale which showed 7.5% and 32.5% isolates with negative microscopic findings and 45.5% and 5.0% isolates with larger than or equal to 10 colonies.
mesh_terms: D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004821:Epidermophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008853:Microscopy; D008864:Microsporum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification