“…Many researchers have shown that dermatophytes remain viable at room temperature for extended periods of time in infected skin, hair, and nails (5,8,9,11,13,14,16,17,19). In this study we attempted to determine the effect of storage temperature on the viability of Trichophyton mentagrophytes in infected guinea pig skin scales in a quantitative and controlled manner which was not generally used in previous investigations.…”