A Mycological Study of Pets as the Source of Human Infection due to Microsporum canis.

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  • Katoh Takuro
    Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  • Nishioka Kiyoshi
    Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  • Sano Takao
    Sano Clinic

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  • Ｍｉｃｒｏｓｐｏｒｕｍ　ｃａｎｉｓ感染症の感染源〈動物〉の検索

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Ringworm infection in humans due to Microsporum canis is carried by pets. Few reports, however, have looked at pets as the source of this infection. Using a hairbrush method, we mycologically examined 20 cats, 7 dogs, and 2 rabbits which were kept in the homes of our patients. Eighteen of the cats had some lesions, while none of the other animals did. M. canis was isolated from all 20 cats and 3 of the 7 dogs. The average number of isolated colonies was 228 from the 18 infected cats, 43 from the 2 which were lesion-free, and 44 from 3 of the dogs. Positive findings by the hairbrush method were obtained following average traetment of 10 weeks in 10 cats on oral griseofulvin, and 5 weeks in 2 treated dogs.<BR>We thus conclude that cats are the most important transmitters of M. canis infection to humans, and the large number of colonies isolated by the method used indicates the high rate of infection of the cat.

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  • CRID
    1390001204212909952
  • NII Article ID
    130003671724
  • DOI
    10.3314/jjmm.34.325
  • ISSN
    18820476
    09164804
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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    • CiNii Articles
    • OpenAIRE
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