Multiple choice

The hair shaft becomes infected in

  1. Cryptococcosis

  2. Dermatophytosis

  3. Endothrix

  4. Epizootic lymphangitis

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Endothrix refers to dermatophyte infections of the hair that invade the hair shaft and internalize into the hair cell. This is in contrast to exothrix (ectothrix), where a dermatophyte infection remains confined to the hair surface.