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The dermatophytes are a well-defined group of fungi which produce only a superficial infection of the skin and its appendages. (In contrast to another group of fungi which penetrate the deeper structures where they disseminate and cause the systemic mycoses).
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Mackey, H.O. (1968). Diseases Caused by Vegetable Parasites. In: A Handbook of Diseases of the Skin. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15275-9_12
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