Exothrix

Exothrix

Exothrix refers to Dermatophyte infections of the hair that infect the hair surface. This is in contrast to Endothrix, where a Dermatophyte mainly invades the hair shaft cell. Using an ultraviolet Wood's lamp, endothrix infections will not fluoresce whereas exothrix infections will.


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