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Definitions of dermatophyte in various dictionaries:
Any of various fungi that can cause parasitic skin infections.
DERMATOPHYTE - Dermatophytes (derived from Greek "" (dermatos), from "", which means "skin" and -"phyte", from "phutón", meaning "plant" ) are a common label for a...
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Any of various fungi that can cause parasitic skin infections. |
A pathogenic fungus that grows on skin, mucous membranes, hair, nails, feathers, and other body surfaces, causing ringworm and related diseases. |
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Dermatophytes (derived from Greek "" (dermatos), from "", which means "skin" and -"phyte", from "phutón", meaning "plant" ) are a common label for a group of three types of fungus that commonly causes skin disease in animals and humans. These anamorphic (asexual or imperfect fungi) genera are: Microsporum, Epidermophyton and Trichophyton. There are about 40 species in these three genera. Species capable of reproducing sexually belong in the teleomorphic genus Arthroderma, of the Ascomycota (see Teleomorph, anamorph and holomorph for more information on this type of fungal life cycle). * Dermatophytes cause infections of the skin, hair and nails, obtaining nutrients from keratinized material. The organisms colonize the keratin tissues causing inflammation as the host responds to metabolic by-products. Colonies of dematophytes are usually restricted to the nonliving cornified layer of the epidermis because of their inability to penetrate viable tissue of an immunocompetent host. Invasion d |