TABLE 1.

Inoculum size of 24 species of dermatophytes adjusted to 65 to 70% transmission

Species (no. of strains tested)	Inoculum size (CFU/ml)
	Range	Mean (SD)
E. floccosum (11)	6.0 × 104–2.4 × 106	6.4 × 105 (7.6 × 105)
M. audouinii (8)	2.0 × 104–1.4 × 106	4.9 × 105 (3.9 × 105)
M. canis (11)	1.8 × 104–2.2 × 106	5.8 × 105 (6.8 × 105)
M. cookei (3)	8.0 × 104–1.1 × 106	6.2 × 105 (5.1 × 105)
M. ferrugineum (4)	1.1 × 105–6.0 × 105	3.8 × 105 (2.4 × 105)
M. fulvum (3)	3.0 × 105–8.0 × 105	5.3 × 105 (2.5 × 105)
M. gallinae (3)	2.8 × 105–7.2 × 105	4.7 × 105 (2.2 × 105)
M. gypseum (11)	2.0 × 105–1.2 × 106	6.9 × 105 (3.5 × 105)
M. nanum (3)	7.7 × 105–8.3 × 105	8.0 × 105 (3.0 × 104)
M. praecox (3)	2.0 × 105–5.7 × 105	3.5 × 105 (2.0 × 105
M. racemosum (3)	6.5 × 105–1.5 × 106	9.7 × 105 (4.6 × 105)
T. ajelloi (3)	9.4 × 105–1.9 × 106	1.5 × 106 (4.9 × 105)
T. balcaneum (3)	5.7 × 105–9.4 × 105	7.4 × 105 (1.9 × 105)
T. concentricum (3)	4.4 × 105–6.0 × 105	4.4 × 105 (6.0 × 105)
T. erinacei (7)	1.6 × 104–1.3 × 106	7.3 × 105 (4.2 × 105)
T. interdigitale (11)	2.5 × 105–1.2 × 106	6.6 × 105 (3.3 × 105)
T. mentagrophytes (11)	5.0 × 105–1.7 × 106	9.6 × 105 (3.5 × 105)
T. phaseoliforme (3)	5.0 × 105–1.5 × 106	1.1 × 106 (5.2 × 105)
T. rubrum (11)	2.0 × 105–1.4 × 106	8.8 × 105 (4.4 × 105)
T. schoenleinii (3)	4.0 × 104–2.5 × 105	1.5 × 105 (1.1 × 105)
T. simii (3)	7.5 × 105–1.2 × 106	9.3 × 105 (2.4 × 105)
T. tonsurans (11)	3.0 × 104–9.0 × 105	4.8 × 105 (2.9 × 105)
T. verrucosum (3)	1.5 × 105–2.2 × 105	1.9 × 105 (2.9 × 104)
T. violaceum (3)	7.0 × 104–2.5 × 105	1.8 × 105 (5.7 × 104)