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(a)(c)(b)Fig. 3.6.(a)Microsporum canismacroconidia are spindle-shaped and thick-walled with a terminal knob.
(b)Microsporum gypseummacroconidia are spindle to cigar-shaped and thin-walled. (c)Trichophyton menta-
grophytesabundant microconidia common; cigar-shaped macroconidia uncommon.
Fig. 3.7.Sampling for bacterial culture directly from skinfold.