CATS AND HUMAN MICROSPORIA

Microsporum canis causing dermatophytosis in cats is also often the ca usative organism for human dermatophytosis. The main source of infecti on are infected cats. The spreading of the dermatophyte from cat to ca t takes mostly place during exhibitions or in cat-breedings. The size, appearance and number of the dermatophyte lesions vary. The typical s ymptoms are round lesions with a erythemic margin. Such alterations ar e also seen on the face, the body and the extremities of humans. To se cure the diagnosis a skin scraping should be examined in a mycological laboratory. The treatment should be carried out with local antimycoti ca and in addition by systemic treatment with Griseo-fulvin or Ketocon azol. To eliminate the pathogen from the population of cats of one reg ion is an illusion but it seems possible to cure the cat-breedings. Th e cooperation between the associations of cat breeders, veterinarians and mycological laboratories is a precondition of mycosis-control.