Trichophyton
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Description
The genus Trichophyton is characterized by the development of both smooth-walled macro- and microconidia. Macroconidia are mostly borne laterally directly on the hyphae or on short pedicels, and are thin- or thick-walled, clavate to fusiform, and range from 4 to 8 by 8 to 50 um in size. Macroconidia are few or absent in many species. Microconidia are spherical, pyriform to clavate or of irregular shape and range from 2 to 3 by 2 to 4 um in size.
Species and their Natural Reservoir
| Trichophyton ajelloi | geophilic |
| Trichophyton concentricum | anthropophilic |
| Trichophyton equinum | zoophilic (horse) |
| Trichophyton flavescens | geophilic (feathers) |
| Trichophyton gloriae | geophilic |
| Trichophyton megnini | anthropophilic |
| Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei | zoophilic (hedgehog) |
| Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale | anthropophilic |
| Trichophyton phaseoliforme | geophilic |
| Trichophyton rubrum | anthropophilic |
| Trichophyton rubrum downy strain | anthropophilic |
| Trichophyton rubrum granular strain | anthropophilic |
| Trichophyton schoenleinii | anthropophilic |
| Trichophyton simii | zoophilic (monkey, fowl) |
| Trichophyton soudanense | anthropophilic |
| Trichophyton terrestre | geophilic |
| Trichophyton tonsurans | anthropophilic |
| Trichophyton vanbreuseghemii | geophilic |
| Trichophyton verrucosum | zoophilic (cattle, horse) |
| Trichophyton violaceum | anthropophilic |
| Trichophyton yaoundei | anthropophilic |
External Links
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Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
