title: An uncommon zoonosis.
abstract: In a patient with foreign-body granulomas, dog hairs were identified as the causative agent by combing history, histopathology and highly sensitive detection of species-specific canine mitochondrial DNA. Granulomas from human hair are well known in hairdressers. Animal hair granulomas have so far been only described in dog groomers, milkers, and shearers. To the best of our knowledge this patient represents the first described case of dog hair granulomas in a pet owner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, St Pölten General Hospital, St. Pölten, Austria.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mairhofer
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Melitta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitzwögerer
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bruns
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gebhart
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Trautinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission