Chloroform extracts from dried leaves of " P . pellucida " have been shown to exhibit antifungal activity against " Trichophyton mentagrophytes " " in vitro ".
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Similar looking infections, sometimes diagnosed as favid but more often as atypical inflammatory tinea, may rarely be produced by agents of more common dermatophyte fungal infections, in particular " Microsporum gypseum ", the most common soil-borne dermatophyte fungus, and " Trichophyton mentagrophytes " ( name used in post-1999 sense for a phylogenetic species formerly referred to as " Trichophyton mentagrophytes " var . " quinckeanum " ), the agent of favid infection of the mouse.
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Similar looking infections, sometimes diagnosed as favid but more often as atypical inflammatory tinea, may rarely be produced by agents of more common dermatophyte fungal infections, in particular " Microsporum gypseum ", the most common soil-borne dermatophyte fungus, and " Trichophyton mentagrophytes " ( name used in post-1999 sense for a phylogenetic species formerly referred to as " Trichophyton mentagrophytes " var . " quinckeanum " ), the agent of favid infection of the mouse.