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In single hairs taken from the trichophytosis like areas of infection ofMicrosporon audouinii, which was found in the lethal stage of theMicrosporon-endemic, the author could observe a rudimentary spore-production and deformation due to degeneration. He could find similar changes on fungous hyphae in hairs, which have been infected byArthroderma asteroides. Signs of a similar disintegration — which were, however, of different character — could be observed on the filaments of fungi in the lamellae of trichophytosis, caused byTrichophyton felineum. In the author's opinion these changes are to be regarded as consequences of the degradation taking place in fungous strains.
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Szathmáry, S. Occurrences of degeneration in some parasitic dermatophytes. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 30, 225–244 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02053153
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