Abstract
Seventy isolates of Trichophyton mentagrophytes, 104 isolates of T. rubrum, and 8 isolates of T. mentagrophytes var. erinacei were tested on a modified Christensen's medium for their ability to split urea. 92·8% of the isolates of T. mentagrophytes were positive within 7 days but no isolates of T. rubrum and T. mentagrophytes var. erinacei. A comparison of the urease and hair perforation tests was made. The urease test offers a rapid and reliable method of separating these two species.
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