| Description: | This image depicts the flank region of a horse, which displayed a chronic ringworm lesion that had been caused by the dermatophytic fungal organism, Microsporum gypseum, which the horse contracted during an Atlanta, Georgia-based epizootic outbreak.
Although it is rare, M. gypseum, a natural soil habitant, can cause tinea on humans and animals. This fungus usually produces a single inflammatory skin lesion which has scaly patches and hair loss, or broken hair shafts. |
