title: Dermatophytes that infect animals and humans.
abstract: There are many occupations that expose people to dermatophytes. Infections from dermatophytes may be transmitted from animal to animal, animal to human, human to human, and human to animal in a cyclic fashion. The most common species of dermatophytes that infect animals and humans, Microsporum and Trichophyton, are discussed here.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, California 94305.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D006801:Humans; D014005:Tinea / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission*