To elucidate the distribution of asymptomatic carrier state of dermatophytes in laboratory animals in Korea, a total of 393 albino rats, 285 albino mice, 238 guinea pigs and 72 golden hamsters, randomly selected from 6 research institutes and 2 breedi...
To elucidate the distribution of asymptomatic carrier state of dermatophytes in laboratory animals in Korea, a total of 393 albino rats, 285 albino mice, 238 guinea pigs and 72 golden hamsters, randomly selected from 6 research institutes and 2 breeding farms located in Chungnam and Kyunggi province, were examined.
The results obtained were summarized as follows.
Dermatophytes were isolated from 3 of 8(37.5%) herds, and from 393 albino rats, 94(23.9%) were culture positive, but from 285 albino mice, 238 guinea pigs and 72 golden hamsters, no dermatophytes were isolated.
Among 94 strains isolated from albino rats, 93 strains were Trichophyton mentagrophytes, 1 strain was Microsporum gypseum.
From 70 albino rats below 2 months old, 2(2.94) were culture positive, but from 323 albino rats over 2 months old, 91(28.2%) were culture positive.