Familial Cases of the Microsporum canis Infection

Isolation of Trichophyton terrestre from Their Garden Soil

Abstract

6 familial cases of the Microsporum canis infection were presented. They all exhibited the clinical form of Trichophytia maculovesiculosa and the cause of the infection was considered from an infected cat.
By the hair baiting technique, Trichophyton ajelloi, Trichophyton terrestre, Chrysosporium keratinophilum but not Microsporum canis were isolated from their garden soil. Trichophyton terrestre was mated with the perfect form of tester strain which revealed Arthroderma quadrifidum.
The isolation of Trichophyton terrestre from the garden soil was first reported in Japan.