DERMATOMYCOSIS DUE TO TRICHOPHYTON-TERRES TRE IN MADAGASCAR DAY GECKOS (PHELSUMA-MADAGASCARIENSIS-MADAGASCARIENSIS)

Authors
SCHILCHER F KUBBERHEISS A BREUERSTROSBERG R BARTH S
Citation
F. Schilcher et al., DERMATOMYCOSIS DUE TO TRICHOPHYTON-TERRES TRE IN MADAGASCAR DAY GECKOS (PHELSUMA-MADAGASCARIENSIS-MADAGASCARIENSIS), Wiener Tierarztliche Monatschrift (1914), 85(4), 1998, pp. 131-135
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Wiener Tierarztliche Monatschrift (1914) → ACNP
ISSN journal
0043535X
Volume
85
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
131 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0043-535X(1998)85:4<131:DDTTTI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
In this paper we report about dermatomycosis in day geckos of the spec ies Phelsuma m. madagascarlensis, which were imported from Madagaskar. The animals showed multiple round papules without pigmentation in the skin, which tended to confluate. Treatment was not successful. Two an imals died two weeks after arrival and one was euthanized. Histologic investigations revealed necrotizing dermatitis with mononuclear and ps eudoeosinophilic infiltration. We found septated and ramified hyphae w hich were identified as Trichophyton terrestre, DURIE et FREY (1957) i n pure culture from skin lesions.