Tinea favosa - Trichophyton schoenleinii (direct microscopic examination x200)

France, Contet-Audonneau Nelly

Dermatophytosis. In the type of hair parasitism of Tinea favosa (due to Trichophyton schoenleinii), we can see some galleries filled with air, digged by the hyphae into the hair. Usually, these galleries are very few.