Dermatophyte

Dermatophyte is a skin fungus that caused skin disease commonly in human, pets, and cattle, skin disease that caused by dermatophyte also known as Ringworm or Tinea.

The dermatophytes invade and feed the dead keratin of nails, hair and skin and usually do not invade living tissues, but colonize the outer layer of the skin.


Infection is generally cutaneous and restricted to the nonliving cornified layers because of the inability of the fungi to penetrate the deeper tissues or organs of immunocompetent hosts. Reactions to a dermatophyte infection may range from mild to Severe as a consequence of the host’s reactions to the metabolic products of the fungus, the virulence of the infecting Strain or species, the anatomic location of the infection, and also local environmental factors...(see more)