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Zonotic Microsporum Canis Infection, Erman Or, Alev Akdoğan Kaymaz, Tamer Dodurka, Hüseyi̇n Tan, N. Yakut Özgür

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This study was made on 79 dogs and 24 cats with dermatomycosis were came to the clinic of Internal medicine of Veterinary Faculty, İstanbul University with complaint of a skin problem to detect the incidence dermatomycosis. Mycological cul-tures were made from the skin samples of infected animals in the laboratory of Microbiology Department. 65% of Microsporum canis, 20% M. nanumand %15 of Candida spp.was diagnosed in all cases. It was diagnosed zoonotic M. canisinfection in 3-years old, male Siamese cat with dermatomycosis, was infected of the cat owner.