[Electron microscopic study of the interaction of human neutrophils and mononuclear cells with Trichophyton rubrum]

Effector action of the neutrophils and mononuclear cells on Tr. rubrum has been revealed by electron microscopy. Destruction of Tr. rubrum by effector cells may be both extracellular--via the formation of a cooperative phagosome and solid contacts (mostly in interactions of effector cells with hyphae) and intracellular (phagocytosis of the spores). Platelets have been found to contribute to effector cell cooperation in interaction with Tr. rubrum.