Dermatophytosis is a highly contagious disease caused by dermatophytes fungi that are the most ubiquitous fungal pathogens worldwide (Ahmed and Saber, 2008). The infection is superficial in its nature and confined to the keratinized epithelium of skin, hair and nails. The breakdown of the keratin protein complex by keratinases and other proteolytic enzymes produced by dermatophytes enables them to penetrate more deeply into the host's stratum corneum and thereby trigger an inflammatory response (Copetti et al., 2006). The severity of the clinical symptoms depends on the degree of inflammation and the host-fungus interaction (Dahdah and Scher, 2008). Based on their principal habitat relationships, dermatophytes are categorized into anthropophilic, geophilic and zoophilic species. Currently, seven genera of dermatophytes have been identified; Epidermophyton, Trichophyton, Paraphyton, Lophophyton, Nannizzia, Arthroderma and Microsporum (De Hoog et al., 2017). Microsporum (M), Trichophyton (T) and Epidermophyton (E) representing the most prevalent

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