| Diagnostic tests may include skin scrapings, hair combings, a dermatophyte culture, blood work, and skin biopsies. |
| A dermatophyte is a fungus that invades and lives upon the skin or in the hair or nails. |
| If the toes are abnormal and the patient has onychomycosis, there is a high likelihood that a scaly rash on the lower legs could be a dermatophyte infection. |
| Specificity control using TTO mixture in 5 not dermatophyte affected animals was achieved also. |
| If the characterization data indicate that the microorganism is closely related to a known dermatophyte, however, dermal infectivity testing may be required. |
| He was diagnosed tinea incognito, a term that has been used to describe dermatophyte infections modified by corticosteroid treatment. |
