Trichophyton benhamiae and T. mentagrophytes target guinea pigs in a mixed small animal stock

Trichophyton benhamiae is an emerging zoonotic dermatophyte. We present a case of a small animal stock infected with two Trichophyton species. T. benhamiae was isolated from 15 out of 26 (58%) guinea pigs including two morphologically different phenotypes. Eight guinea pigs were infected with T. ben...

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Main Authors: Theresa Bartosch, Agnes Frank, Candy Günther, Silke Uhrlaß, Tilo Heydel, Pietro Nenoff, Christoph Georg Baums, Wieland Schrödl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753918301088