Saprophytic occurrence of Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum gypseum in the coats of healthy laboratory animals |
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Authors: | E. Feuerman M.D. I. Alteras M. D. E. Hönig Ph.D. N. Lehrer Sc.B. |
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Affiliation: | 1. Dept. of Dermatology and Dept. of Microbiology, Beilinson Medical Center, Tel Aviv University Medical School, Petah Tikva, Israel
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Abstract: | A group of 199 healthy laboratory animals, comprising 63 guinea pigs; 58 white mice. 47 rats and 31 rabbits, was sampled for the presence of pathogenic dermatophytes. T. mentagrophytes, var. granulare, was isolated in 10% (5-guinea pigs, 6 mice, 6 rats and 2 rabbits) and M. gypseum was found in 7 animals (3 guinea pigs, 3 mice and one rat). No ringworm lesions were observed in the respective animals. This is the first report on such findings in Israel. |
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