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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Feuerman, E., Alteras, I., Hönig, E. et al. Saprophytic occurrence of Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum gypseum in the coats of healthy laboratory animals. Mycopathologia 55, 13–15 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00467084
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