Microsporum /Mi·cros·po·rum/ (-spor´um) a genus of fungi that cause diseases of skin and hair, including M. audoui´ni, M. ca´nis, M. ful´vum, and M. gyp´seum.
Microsporum
Microsporum [mi″kro-spor´um]
microscopy,
Microsporum
Mi·cros·po·rum (m -kr s p r-m, m kr-spôrm)n. A genus of pathogenic fungi that causes dermatophytosis in animals and humans. |
Microsporum
[-spôr′əm]
Etymology: Gk, mikros + sporos, seed
a genus of dermatophytes of the family Moniliaceae. The spores are multiseptate and variable in shape and have thin or thick walls. One species is M. audouinii, which causes epidemic tinea capitis in children. Others are M. canis and M. gypseum. Formerly called Microsporon.
Microsporum [mi″kro-spor´um]
a genus of fungi that cause diseases of the skin and hair such as tinea capitis and tinea corporis. Species include M. audoui´nii, M. ca´nis (M. lano´sum), and M. ful´vum (M. gyp´seum).
microscopy,
n a technique for observing microscopic materials using a microscope.
microscopy, digital epiluminescence
n computer-aided technique that employs a binocular surface microscope to examine pigmented skin lesions.
Microsporum
(mī´krōspor´
m),
n a genus of dermatophytes of the family Monilaceae.
m), n a genus of dermatophytes of the family Monilaceae.
Microsporum
a genus of fungi that cause various diseases of the skin and hair, referred to as ringworm. The sexual state is known as Nannizia.
Microsporum audouinii
an anthropophilic species which may occasionally infect domestic animals.
Microsporum canis var canis
causes ringworm in dogs, cats, humans and occasionally other animals.
Microsporum canis var distortum
principally an infection of laboratory primates, but occurs also in dogs and cats.
Microsporum fulvum
occasionally infects pigs, goats, monkeys, jaguars and lions.
Microsporum gallinae
causes favus in chickens and turkeys.
Microsporum gypseum
a soil dermatophyte that causes ringworm in dogs, horses and sometimes other species.
Microsporum nanum
causes ringworm in pigs and rarely other animals and humans.
Microsporum persicolor
infects voles.
Microsporum
A genus of fungi causing tinea capitis, tinea corpus, ringworm, and other dermatophytoses. See Tinea.
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