Tinea capitis develops when an inoculum from another individual or animal comes into a 'compromised scalp.'
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Once the fungus has entered the stratum corneum is continues to invade the epidermis, it then enters a hair follicle, penetrates the hair shaft and grows down the length of the hair.
Microsporum canis | DTM plate on the right showing color change after two day's growth; ''Microsporum canis |