This species has a propensity to infect glabrous (hairless) skin and is only exceptionally known from other sites. Transmission occurs via infected towels, linens, clothing (contributing factors are high humidity, heat, perspiration, diabetes mellitus, obesity, friction from clothes). Infection can be avoided by lifestyle and hygiene modifications such as avoiding walking barefoot on damp floors particularly in communal areas.
Trichophyton rubrum
Epidermophyton floccosum
Microsporum fulvum
Microsporum gypseum
Malassezia furfur
Pythium insidiosum
Alternaria tenuissima
Trichobacteriosis axillaris