A 35-year-old woman presents with a 3-month history of progressive hair loss and scaling of the scalp. On examination, she has multiple well-demarcated patches of alopecia with broken hairs at the surface, erythema, and fine scaling. Fungal culture grows Trichophyton mentagrophytes. She reports no pruritus. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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