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Hair Microscopy in Trichophytosis: Ectothrix-Type Spores

Microscopic findings of hair infection in trichophytosis. Ectothrix-type fungal spore arrangement, absence of Wood's lamp fluorescence, 400x magnification.

Trichophytosis. Mycology. ✅ Spore arrangement in hair is ectothrix-type. Do not fluoresce under Wood’s lamp. 400x magnification.

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