[Opportunism in dermatophytes]

Dematophytes invade hosts when their state is suitable for the production of their pathogenicity. When the host's resistance is reduced, the prevalence of dermatophytoses can be extremely high or the symptomatology can be very unusual. It is suspected that the 'maladie dermatophytique' and pherhaps dermatophytic mycetoma develop in such situations. The fact is that the behaviour of dermatophytes does not differ from that of the so-called opportunistic fungi and in some cases it is possible to speak of dermatophytic asthenomycosis.