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Prevalence of Microsporum canis from Pet Cats in Small Animal Hospitals, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Dermatophytosis is a disease caused by dermatophytes, a group of fungi that can cause disease both in humans and animals. The important genera that are pathogenic in animals include Trichophyton and Microsporum. Microsporum canis is an important species because it can cause zoonosis and is commonly...

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Autores principales: Chupia, Vena, Ninsuwon, Jirapat, Piyarungsri, Kakanang, Sodarat, Chollada, Prachasilchai, Worapat, Suriyasathaporn, Witaya, Pikulkaew, Surachai
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8781634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35051105
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9010021
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author Chupia, Vena
Ninsuwon, Jirapat
Piyarungsri, Kakanang
Sodarat, Chollada
Prachasilchai, Worapat
Suriyasathaporn, Witaya
Pikulkaew, Surachai
author_facet Chupia, Vena
Ninsuwon, Jirapat
Piyarungsri, Kakanang
Sodarat, Chollada
Prachasilchai, Worapat
Suriyasathaporn, Witaya
Pikulkaew, Surachai
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description Dermatophytosis is a disease caused by dermatophytes, a group of fungi that can cause disease both in humans and animals. The important genera that are pathogenic in animals include Trichophyton and Microsporum. Microsporum canis is an important species because it can cause zoonosis and is commonly found in domestic animals. Cats, which live very close to humans, may expose humans to this pathogen. This research focused on the epidemiology of M. canis found in cats. Hair samples were collected via the Mackenzie technique from cats with and without skin lesions, preliminarily examined with 10% KOH preparation, and cultured for fungal identification. Samples were confirmed with molecular techniques including polymerase chain reaction, gel electrophoresis, and sequencing. Samples were collected from 138 cats located in 93 households, 43 from cats with skin lesions (31.16%) and 95 from cats without skin lesions (68.84%). Eighteen cats with lesions (13.04%) and ten cats without lesions (7.2%) were found to carry M. canis. In eleven of the eighteen cats both with skin lesions and positive for M. canis (61.11%), the pathogen was found both at the site of the lesion and at other sites in the body. Because the pathogen can be found in the hair of cats with and without skin lesions, owners, keepers, veterinarians, and others who come into contact with these animals are at risk of infection if they are not aware or do not take precautions after contact with them.
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spelling pubmed-87816342022-01-22 Prevalence of Microsporum canis from Pet Cats in Small Animal Hospitals, Chiang Mai, Thailand Chupia, Vena Ninsuwon, Jirapat Piyarungsri, Kakanang Sodarat, Chollada Prachasilchai, Worapat Suriyasathaporn, Witaya Pikulkaew, Surachai Vet Sci Communication Dermatophytosis is a disease caused by dermatophytes, a group of fungi that can cause disease both in humans and animals. The important genera that are pathogenic in animals include Trichophyton and Microsporum. Microsporum canis is an important species because it can cause zoonosis and is commonly found in domestic animals. Cats, which live very close to humans, may expose humans to this pathogen. This research focused on the epidemiology of M. canis found in cats. Hair samples were collected via the Mackenzie technique from cats with and without skin lesions, preliminarily examined with 10% KOH preparation, and cultured for fungal identification. Samples were confirmed with molecular techniques including polymerase chain reaction, gel electrophoresis, and sequencing. Samples were collected from 138 cats located in 93 households, 43 from cats with skin lesions (31.16%) and 95 from cats without skin lesions (68.84%). Eighteen cats with lesions (13.04%) and ten cats without lesions (7.2%) were found to carry M. canis. In eleven of the eighteen cats both with skin lesions and positive for M. canis (61.11%), the pathogen was found both at the site of the lesion and at other sites in the body. Because the pathogen can be found in the hair of cats with and without skin lesions, owners, keepers, veterinarians, and others who come into contact with these animals are at risk of infection if they are not aware or do not take precautions after contact with them. MDPI 2022-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8781634/ /pubmed/35051105 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9010021 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Chupia, Vena
Ninsuwon, Jirapat
Piyarungsri, Kakanang
Sodarat, Chollada
Prachasilchai, Worapat
Suriyasathaporn, Witaya
Pikulkaew, Surachai
Prevalence of Microsporum canis from Pet Cats in Small Animal Hospitals, Chiang Mai, Thailand
title Prevalence of Microsporum canis from Pet Cats in Small Animal Hospitals, Chiang Mai, Thailand
title_full Prevalence of Microsporum canis from Pet Cats in Small Animal Hospitals, Chiang Mai, Thailand
title_fullStr Prevalence of Microsporum canis from Pet Cats in Small Animal Hospitals, Chiang Mai, Thailand
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Microsporum canis from Pet Cats in Small Animal Hospitals, Chiang Mai, Thailand
title_short Prevalence of Microsporum canis from Pet Cats in Small Animal Hospitals, Chiang Mai, Thailand
title_sort prevalence of microsporum canis from pet cats in small animal hospitals, chiang mai, thailand
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8781634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35051105
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9010021
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