In 1842 he described a microscopic cryptogam ( " Trichophyton ectothrix " ) that is associated with a naturalist Jean Victor Audouin ( 1797 1842 ).
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Platts-Mills has researched the immune response to a range of allergens including those from pollens, dust mites, the fungus Trichophyton, and domestic cats.
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This ringworm or dermatophytosis infection is caused by " Trichophyton erinacei ", which forms a distinct mating group within the " Arthroderma benhamiae " species complex.
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"Trichophyton concentricum " causes " Malabar itch ", a skin infection consisting of an eruption of a number of concentric rings of overlapping scales forming papulosquamous patches.
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Tinea pedis is caused by fungi such as " Epidermophyton floccosum " or fungi of the " Trichophyton " genus including " T . mentagrophytes ".
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Cattle are also susceptible to ringworm caused by the fungus, " Trichophyton verrucosum ", a contagious skin disease which may be transferred to humans exposed to infected cows.
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While in India, Wellesley was ill for a considerable time, first with severe diarrhoea from the water and then with fever, followed by a serious skin infection caused by trichophyton.
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The separation of this genus from " Trichophyton " is essentially based on the roughness of the macroconidial cell wall, although in practice this may sometimes be difficult to observe.
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Chloroform extracts from dried leaves of " P . pellucida " have been shown to exhibit antifungal activity against " Trichophyton mentagrophytes " " in vitro ".
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Likewise, the disfiguring skin disease favus is caused by " Trichophyton schoenleinii, " which appears to have been common throughout Africa and Eurasia before the advent of modern medicine.
