Gungnani H C, Sharma S, Gupta B
St James School of Medicine, Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherland Antilles.
West Indian Med J. 2012 Dec;61(9):912-5. doi: 10.7727/wimj.2012.104.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the occurrence of keratinophilic fungi including dermatophytes on feathers of domestic and wild birds in the islands of St Kitts and Nevis.
During 2010-2011, samples of feathers from ninety-four birds were examined by hair-baiting technique in Petri-dishes containing sterilized soil. Fungal growths appearing on the feathers and the hair-baits were microscopically examined and the cultures obtained were identified on the basis of their microscopic and colonial morphology.
Chrysosporium constituted the majority (86.9%) of the 72 isolates of keratinophilic fungi, represented by mainly C tropicum and C indicum. Sepedonium spp isolates were recovered from nine of the feather samples; two of these were identified as Sepedonium chrysospermum, and the other two as S ampullosporum.
Recovery of four isolates of the dermatophyte, Microsporum gypseum complex (two each of M gyspeum and M fulvum) from feathers of birds is a finding of public health significance.
本研究旨在调查圣基茨和尼维斯群岛上家养及野生鸟类羽毛上亲角质真菌（包括皮肤癣菌）的出现情况。
在2010 - 2011年期间，采用毛发诱饵技术，在装有灭菌土壤的培养皿中对94只鸟类的羽毛样本进行检查。对羽毛和毛发诱饵上出现的真菌生长物进行显微镜检查，并根据其微观和菌落形态对获得的培养物进行鉴定。
在72株亲角质真菌分离株中，金孢子菌占多数（86.9%），主要由热带金孢子菌和印度金孢子菌代表。从9个羽毛样本中分离出了Sepedonium spp；其中2株被鉴定为金黄Sepedonium，另外2株为瓶梗Sepedonium。
从鸟类羽毛中分离出4株皮肤癣菌小孢子菌复合体（2株石膏样小孢子菌和2株黄癣小孢子菌）具有公共卫生意义。
