Microsporum canis

Antifungal activity. Hot water extract of the dried leaf, in hroth culture, was inactive on Epidermophyton floccosum, Microsporum canis, Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. algondonosa, and Trichophyton mentagro ... 

In 14 children, aged 1-15 years, with Microsporum canis tinea capitis given oral terbinafine for 4 weeks, the recommended daily dose produced no response by week 4 the dose was doubled (to 250 mg/day) for a further 4-8 weeks in six patients and continued at the original dose in six patients (66). Two patients withdrew. Four patients were cured after 8-12 weeks of treatment, and all had... 

Sihn H, Karelson M. Terbinafine efficacy and tolerability in young children with tinea capitis due to Microsporum canis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2002 16(3) 228-30. 

Aqueous extracts of ten medicinal plants were tested for their ability to inhibit Microsporum canis and Trichophyton rubrum, the ethiological agents of dermal fungal infections in humans [45]. Aqueous extract from the leaves of Inula viscosa Ait. =Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter) produced detectable antifungal activity against these... 

The dermatophytes are a group of keratinophilic fungi that can metabolize keratin —the principal protein in skin, nails and hair. Tinea capitis is defined as the infection of the hair and scalp with a dermatophyte, usually Microsporum canis or Trichophyton violaceum. In Europe and North Africa T. violaceum may be responsible for approximately 60% of cases of tinea capitis. This condition is characterized by a mild scaling and loss of hair and in some cases it may be contagious. Tinea corporis is... 

Where x denotes partial growth at 100/ig/ml. CA Candida albicans MC = Microsporum canis TM Trichophyton mentagrophytea TR Trichophyton rubrum AF Aspergillus fumigatus El Erysipalothrix insidiosa SH Staphylococcus haemolyticus... 

J. Ning, L. S. Heng, and F. Z. Kong, Facile syntheses of D-mannose hexa- and nonasaccharides The di- and trimer of the trisaccharide repeating unit of the cell-wall mannans of Epidermophyton floccosum, Trychophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum canis and related species of Microsporum,... 

Tolnaftate (1% cream, solution and gel) is indicated for treatment of tinea pedis (athlete s foot), t. cruris (jock itch), or t. corporis (ringworm) due to infection with Trichophyton rubrum, T. mentagrophytes, T. tonsurans, Microsporum canis, M. audouini, and Epidermophy ton floccosum, and as treatment for tinea versicolor due to Malassezia furfur. 

Like the triglycerides of L. oraemaris (see above) next to which it was isolated, culmorin (65) (2 mg/ml) has shown antifungal activity on Monodyctis pelagica, a marine fungus, and Microsporum canis, a dermatophyte [94]. 

Antimicrobial studies of lavendamycin against various organisms showed that it is less potent than streptonigrin (207), except for the fungi Trichophyton rubrun, T. mentagrophytes, and Microsporum canis, against which lavendamycin was found to be more potent (51). 

The occupational origin of many cases of tinea corporis is obvious and closely related to the species of the dermatophyte. Among others, the most common species are Microsporum canis (major hosts cat, dog). Trichophyton mentagrophytes (small rodents), M. persicolor (voles), T. verrucosum (cattle), and T. equinum (horses). M. praecox, living in the horse environment, is a pathogen for human skin. Extensive forms of dermatophytosis occurring mainly on the trunk and/or buttocks may be due to T. rubrum, an anthropophilic species of dermatophyte. 

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