Antifungal susceptibility testing of dermatophytes: Development and evaluation of an optimised broth microdilution method.

Background: Dermatophytosis is one of the most common infections affecting 3%-17% of the population. Resistance to antifungals so far was not of concern in the therapeutic management. However, recent reports of terbinafine-resistant strains in several countries are worrisome making antifungal susceptibility testing inevitable.