A Comparative Study on Phenotypic versus ITS-Based Molecular Identification of Dermatophytes Isolated in Dakar, Senegal

Figure 1

Macroscopic appearance showing raised and folded colonies (a) and microscoscopic aspect with “macroconidia” detaching from the hyphae (arrow) (b) of a dermatophyte isolated from mycetoma of the scalp unidentified by the morphological method and identified as Microsporum audouinii (GenBank accession number MN691075) by DNA sequencing of the ITS regions.