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Trichophyton raubitschekii

Colonial Morphology	Microscopic Morphology Phase Contrast	Biochemical Reactions: BCP, SDA and Urease
Growth rate: moderately slow Texture: flat, granular Thallus color: white to reddish brown Reverse: red to red brown Variant: deep purple red, resembling T. violaceum	variable microconidia, usually pyriform macroconidia cylindrical to club shaped	BCP: restricted/ no change, red Urease: positive Vitamin requirement: none, brown pigment on #1 Hair perforation: negative Red pigment
Compare to and Differentiate from: T. rubrum: urease, abundance of micro and macroconidia on primary culture T. mentagrophytes: red pigmentation, BCP, hair perforation, microscopic T. violaceum: no vitamin requirements	Etiology & Ecology anthrophilic southern Asia, India, Mediterannean body, rarely scalp etiology of other dermatophytes