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{cite book | last = James | first = William | coauthors = Berger, Elston | title = Andrews' Diseases of the Skin Clinical Dermatology, Tenth Edition | publisher = Saunders/Elsevier | date = 2006 | pages = 299 | isbn = 0-7216-2921-0}} |
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endothrix refers to dermatophyte infections of the hair that invade the hair shaft and internalize into the hair cell. This is in contrast to [exothrix]] (ectothrix), where a dermatophyte infection remains confined to the hair surface. Using an ultraviolet Wood's lamp, endothrix infections will not fluoresce whereas some exothrix infections may fluoresce bright green or yellow-green.
{cite book | last = James | first = William | coauthors = Berger, Elston | title = Andrews' Diseases of the Skin Clinical Dermatology, Tenth Edition | publisher = Saunders/Elsevier | date = 2006 | pages = 299 | isbn = 0-7216-2921-0}}