Diagnosis of dermatophyte infections
Your doctor may diagnose you based on your symptoms and a physical examination. To confirm the diagnosis, your doctor may take scrapings of affected skin or clippings of affected nails. These can be examined under a microscope and may be sent to a laboratory for a fungal culture.
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