| 1. | At least eight species of dermatophytes are associated with tinea capitis.
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| 2. | Common organisms causing nail infections include yeasts and molds ( particularly dermatophytes ).
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| 3. | If kept beyond 14 days, false positive can result even with non-dermatophytes.
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| 4. | Dermatophytes or yeast seen on a KOH test indicate the person has a fungal infection.
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| 5. | Dermatophytes known to cause athlete's foot will demonstrate multiple septate branching hyphae on microscopy.
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| 6. | Dermatophytes cause infections of the skin, hair and nails, obtaining nutrients from keratinized material.
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| 7. | Dermatophytes usually do not invade living tissues, but colonize the outer layer of the skin.
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| 8. | A normal, or negative, KOH test shows no fungi ( no dermatophytes or yeast ).
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| 9. | Dermatophytes are the parasitic fungi that cause skin infections such as athlete's foot and tinea cruris.
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| 10. | A special agar called Dermatophyte Test Medium ( DTM ) has been formulated to grow and identify dermatophytes.
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