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The skin of steroid-treated and normal guinea pigs was inoculated with Trichophyton mentagrophytes and the clinical infection was observed. Organisms isolated from these two groups of animals were cultured on Mycosel® agar and inoculated into untreated guinea pigs to obtain a new infection. In vitro growth inhibition studies were also performed on these organisms using a tolnaftate disc. The character and duration of infection, colonial growth, new infection and tolnaftate inhibition were essentially the same for both the steroid-treated and control groups of animals.
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Fisher, M., Sher, A.M. Virulence of Trichophyton mentagrophytes infecting steroid-treated guinea pigs. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 47, 121–127 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02126159
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