RRC ID 4400
著者 Takahashi H, Takahashi-Kyuhachi H, Takahashi Y, Yarita K, Takayama A, Inomata T, Sano A, Nishimura K, Kamei K.
タイトル An intrafamilial transmission of Arthroderma benhamiae in Canadian porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in a Japanese zoo.
ジャーナル Med Mycol
Abstract An intra-familial transmission of Arthroderma benhamiae in Canadian porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) housed in a Japanese zoo was studied. The family consisted of an adult couple and two offspring (a male and a female). The porcupettes, born in Japan, showed severe hair loss while the parent animals, imported from the USA. (male) and Canada (female), showed mild symptoms or were asymptomatic. Morphologically identical Tricophyton spp. isolates were recovered within seven days from quills of all animals on chloramphenicol-supplemented potato dextrose agar plates incubated at 37 degrees C. Two representative colonies from each animal were identified as Arthroderma benhamiae Americano-European race based on mating type (+) and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) 1-5.5S-ITS 2 region of the rRNA gene sequences (AB236404-AB236408). The present cases constituted the second isolation of dermatophytes from porcupines. There were two different ITS types, i.e., the predominant one isolated from all animals and a secondary one recovered from only the mother porcupine. The sequences have never been recorded in Japan or in the GenBank database to the best of our knowledge. In addition, they were located at a cluster involving the type strain and mating strains of A. benhamiae Americano-European race and its F1 progeny. In contrast, 28 rodents (eight species) and three insectivora (1 species) exhibited in the petting zoo were negative for any dermatophytes as determined by culture.
巻・号 46(5)
ページ 465-73
公開日 2008-8-1
DOI 10.1080/13693780801938996
PII 791304286
PMID 18608939
MeSH Animals Animals, Zoo / microbiology* Arthrodermataceae / isolation & purification* Cluster Analysis Culture Media / chemistry DNA, Fungal / chemistry DNA, Fungal / genetics DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics Dermatomycoses / microbiology Dermatomycoses / transmission Dermatomycoses / veterinary* Female Japan Male Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Porcupines / microbiology* Rodent Diseases / microbiology Rodent Diseases / transmission* Sequence Analysis, DNA
IF 2.822
引用数 7
WOS 分野 VETERINARY SCIENCES MYCOLOGY INFECTIOUS DISEASES
リソース情報
病原微生物 IFM 48142 IFM 48143 IFM 54326 IFM 54328 IFM 54330 IFM 54333 IFM 54335 IFM 54336 IFM 54337 IFM 54338