Boyanowski Kimberly J, Ihrke Peter J, Moriello Karen A, Kass Philip H
Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Department of Medicine & Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Vet Dermatol. 2000 Jun;11(2):143-150. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3164.2000.00161.x.
Two-hundred shelter cats from the Pacific western coastal USA were sampled in four different geographical regions to determine the fungal organisms most commonly found on the hair coat and the prevalence of these organisms. Data on the cats' health, age, hair coat length, gender, and geographical location were collected and analysed. The overall prevalence of dermatophytosis was 5.5% (11 of 200 cats), with Microsporum canis isolated in 90.9% (10 of 11) of the samples from positive cats. This was a lower isolation rate or prevalence of dermatophytes than previous studies conducted on shelter cats in other regions of the USA. Ten of 11 of the cats were lesion free (either subclinical infection or mechanical carriage). Cats in the Los Angeles, California area (P = 0.001) and neutered male cats (P = 0.047) had a higher prevalence of a positive dermatophyte culture. The numbers and types of saprophytes isolated from cats in this study were found to be consistent with previous feline reports in the USA and with an equine study previously conducted in this area.
从美国太平洋西部沿海地区的四个不同地理区域采集了200只收容所猫的样本，以确定在猫毛上最常见的真菌生物体及其患病率。收集并分析了这些猫的健康状况、年龄、毛长、性别和地理位置等数据。皮肤癣菌病的总体患病率为5.5%（200只猫中有11只），在阳性猫的样本中，90.9%（11只中的10只）分离出犬小孢子菌。与之前在美国其他地区对收容所猫进行的研究相比，此次皮肤癣菌的分离率或患病率更低。11只猫中有10只没有病变（要么是亚临床感染，要么是机械携带）。加利福尼亚州洛杉矶地区的猫（P = 0.001）和绝育雄猫（P = 0.047）皮肤癣菌培养阳性的患病率较高。本研究中从猫身上分离出的腐生菌的数量和类型与美国之前的猫类报告以及该地区之前进行的一项马类研究一致。
