PREVALENCE AND ETIOLOGY AGENTS OF ANIMAL RINGWORM IN THE REGION OF TUNIS

Authors
BOUDENMANSOUR R BELHADJ S IDIR L BOUATTOUR A KILANI M CHAKER E
Citation
R. Boudenmansour et al., PREVALENCE AND ETIOLOGY AGENTS OF ANIMAL RINGWORM IN THE REGION OF TUNIS, Journal de mycologie medicale, 7(3), 1997, pp. 145-148
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology
Journal title
Journal de mycologie medicale → ACNP
ISSN journal
11565233
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
145 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
1156-5233(1997)7:3<145:PAEAOA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A prospective study concerning 10 animal species in the region of Tuni s, demonstrated that ringworm was observed in 33.5 % of the cases. Thr ee species of dermatophytes were isolated: Microsporum canis: in cats, dogs, and for the first time in Tunisia in rabbits; Trichophyton ment agrophytes: in cobayes, rabbits and in one single occasion in cat, and donkey; Trichophyton verrucosum: found exclusively in cattle. The aut hors insist on the important number of asymptomatic carriers of dermat ophytes (76.1 %).