- Container
- Hair, toothbrush, DTM
- Specimen
- Minimum of 10 plucked hair with roots, skin scraping, ortooth brush sample in sterile, dry container free of liquidsor preservative
- Description
- Microsporum spp., M. canis, M. gypseum (Arthroderma gypseum, A. fulvum, A. incurvatum), Trichophyton spp., T. mentagrophytes (Arthroderma benhamiae, A. vanbreuseghemii)
A highly sensitive and specific test used when clinical signs are suggestive of ringworm infection.