Dermatophytes isolated from laboratory animals.
In order to determine the presence of dermatophytes in healthy skin, 200 animals from the animal house of Faculty of Medicine, U.N.A.M., were studied; these were 50 rats, 50 rabbits, 50 mice, and 50 guinea pigs. Out of these 200 animals, 29.5% had positive isolation of Trichophyton mentagrophytes, var. lacticolor. The frequency variation was: rats 68%; rabbits, 36%; mice, 8%; and guinea pigs, 6%. Male rats and male rabbits, had the higher incidence of positives. The epidemiologic repercussion of these and the significance to use these animals in biomedical investigation is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000382:microbiology*; D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012737:Sex Factors; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*