Figure 35 Dermatophytes

Trichophyton terrestre

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue

• Magnification: x400

Structure: Pyriform to club shaped and elongated microconidia often borne on short stalk (pedicels); smooth walled cylindrical, thin walled multiseptate (2 to 6 cells) macroconidia.

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