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A new method for the study of hair digestion by dermatophytes

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The slide culture method for the growth and microscopic examination of fungi was adopted for microscopic examination ofin vitro hair cultures. This technique allowed continuous microscopic examination of hairs during the experiment and revealed the earliest time of invasion, mode of invasion and dynamics of invasion of a diversified group of dermatophytes.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (Formosa), The Republic of China

    Y. C. Lü M. D.

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This study was carried out at the Department of Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.

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Lü, Y.C. A new method for the study of hair digestion by dermatophytes. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 17, 225–235 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02279295

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