TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mycological Examination of <I>Microsporum canis</I> Infection in Suspected Dermatophytosis of Owned and Ownerless Cats and its Asymptomatic Carriage
AU - , Gamze Alpun AU - , N. Yakut Ozgur 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
SP  - 803
EP  - 806
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2009.803.806
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2009.803.806
KW  - Cats
KW  -dermatophyte
KW  -dermatophytosis
KW  -Microsporum canis
KW  -asymptomatic carriage
AB  - A total of 162 hair and skin scraping specimens from suspected dermatophytosis and clinically healthy cats, from Istanbul, Turkey, were examined to detect cats with <I>Microsporum canis</I> infection and its asymptomatic carriage. The mycological analyses were conducted by direct microscopy and by fungal culture on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar and Dermatophyte Test Medium. <I>M. canis </I>was isolated from 22 of the 62 (35.48%) cats with suspected dermatophytosis. One hundred cats were clinically healthy without dermatological signs and <I>M. canis</I> was isolated from 11 (11%) cats. In all studied groups, the percentage of positive samples were found to be higher in the cats that were 1 and <1 year of age compared with the elders while, the difference was found statistically significant in cats with suspected dermatophytosis (p = 0.011). In males, the differences between the sexes and <I>M. canis</I> isolation rates in the total examined cats and in clinically healthy cats were statistically significant (p = 0.007 p = 0.001, respectively). Although, no statistically significance was found between <I>M. canis</I> isolation rates and seasonal differences in all studied groups, <I>M. canis </I>infection was determined to be higher in spring and summer while, asymptomatic carriage was determined to be higher in autumn.
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