Abstract

Antibiotic production by dermatophytic fungi was demonstrated. Among 10 anthropophilic dermato-phytes strains tested for their ability to produce antibiotics, four were found  to be producers. The out-come for a qualitative identification of the produced antibiotics  reveals four types ; a penicillin-like sub-stance produced byTrichophyton gourvillii, and two different types of unknown substances obtained from two strains of Trichophyton  mentagrophytes  var.  interdigitales  and the kojic acid-like antibiotic substance produced by Trichophyton verruccosum.

Key words: Dermatophytes, antibiotics, bioassay.