Study of the effect of environmental factors and conventional antifungal drugs on arthroconidia production in the common species of trichophyton and epidermophtyon floccosum

ABSTRACT

Background and purpose: Dermatophytes are a group of keratophilic fungi, some of which produce arthroconidia under invivo conditions and these seem to have an important role in pathogenecity. Arthroconidia formation is a characteristic of dermatophyte infection of skin, hair and nail. The present study is intended to study the effects of environmental factors and conventional antifungal drugs on the production of this pathogenic agent in some dermatophytes