Molecular epidemiology, phylogeny and evolution of dermatophytes.

Highlights: [•] We reviewed the molecular approaches used to characterize dermatophyte species. [•] Dermatophytes taxonomy changed based on phylogenetic analyses of the ITS region. [•] Micro-satellite and sequence analyses of the NTS region of rDNA typed dermatophytes. [•] Microsporum and Trichophyton species have a recent radiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]