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. 2013 May 31;44(1):171-4.
doi: 10.1590/S1517-83822013000100025. eCollection 2013.

Isolation of dermatophytes in wild felids from screening centers

Ana Paula N Albano  1 , Patrícia da Silva Nascente, Alice T Meirelles Leite, Melissa O Xavier, Rosema Santin, Antonella Souza Mattei, Roberta M P Humberg, Marco Antonio A Coimbra, Luiz Fernando Minello, Mario C A Meireles
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Isolation of dermatophytes in wild felids from screening centers

Ana Paula N Albano et al. Braz J Microbiol. .
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Abstract

The aim of this study was detect the presence of dermatophyte fungi on wild felids from screening centers. Samples were taken from 30 animals, assembled in two groups: "free-ranging" and "transitory captivity". The dermatophytes (Trichophyton genus), isolated from two felids (6.6%), both of the group "free-ranging".

Keywords: Trichophyton sp.; dermatophytes; wild felids.

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Figure 1
Trichophyton mentagrophytes colony: spiral hyphae, numerous microconidia and rare long macroconidia thin-walled, cigar-shaped with 2–5 celled.
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Figure 2
Trichophyton sp.: colony presenting numerous microconidia and one single macroconid cigar-shaped with nine celled.
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