Figure 1.
Human and experimental dermatophytosis (A, B). Superficial mild inflammatory infections in humans by M. canis (A) tinea corporis and (B) tinea capitis by M. canis (C–F). Inflammatory human dermatophytosis (C): inflammatory tinea capitis (Kerion de Celsi) by T. mentagrophytes and (D) deep infection of the scalp by M. canis (ref. 106) showing hyphae in dermis (E) stained with PAS-hematoxylin or (F) Grocott-Gomori’s methenamine silver (GMS) staining (200x magnification) (G–J). Experimental dermatophytosis after epicutaneous infection of (G, H) wild-type (WT) or (I, J) IL-17RA-deficient C57BL/6 mice with M. canis (8 days post-infection) (ref. 51) (G). Mild inflammatory lesions and (H) histopathology showing PAS-positive hyphae invading the stratum corneum and hair follicles in WT (I). Highly inflammatory lesions and (J) histopathology showing extensive superficial fungal proliferation in IL-17RA-deficient mice. Arrows: M. canis hyphae. Asterix: inflammatory reaction (400x magnification). All images are property of Chiapello’s lab.
