Hair perforation test is positive in infection with?
Correct Answer: Trichophyton
Description: Hair perforation test: This test is performed to differentiate T. rubrum from T. mentagrophytes and M. canis from Microsporum equinus. T. mentagrophytes shows a positive hair perforation test characterized by a wedge-shaped perforation of the hair. This test is negative for T. rubrum in which only surface eruption of hair shaft is demonstrated. figure :-Perforation test positive Exophila/Hoaea werneckii is the causative agent of Tinea nigra (brown or black patches on the soles of the feet)
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