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KMID : 1101320060380020094
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Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
2006 Volume.38 No. 2 p.94 ~ p.98
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Isolation of Dermatophytes from Domestic Animals and Bed Room Dust of Tinea Patients
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Bang Young-Jun
Kim Ssang-Young
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Abstract
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The mattresses and dust in the bed rooms of nine dermatophytes infected patients and nine domestic animals were examined by the KOH method. Microsporum canis species and Trichophyton mentagrophytes were isolated from cats and rabbits, respectively. The sources of infection of three patients were the M. canis infected cats raised by them and the four other patient's sources of infection were not confirmed. The sites of infection of the nine patients were their heads and those of the domestic animals were their heads and bodies. M. canis species were isolated from the infection sites of three cats and specimens collected by hair brush from the nine domestic animals. T. mentagrophytes species were also isolated from the infection sites of two rabbits. The seven patients had mattresses and bed room dust contaminated with M. canis.
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KEYWORD
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Microsporum canis, Cats, Rabbits, Bed room dust.
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