Victorian Statutory Requirement Statutory notification not required. Infectious Agents Microsporum spp . The clinical features are superficial fungal infection of the skin, nails or hair.
Infected hairs become brittle and break off easily.
It often contains fluid or pus, but may be dry and scaly or moist and crusted. The lesion tends to heal centrally. The features of this common condition are scaling or cracking of the skin, especially between the toes, or blisters containing a thin watery fluid. The nail gradually thickens, and becomes discoloured and brittle. Caseous-looking material forms beneath the nail, or the nail becomes chalky and disintegrates.