Dermatoses observadas no homem e em animais de laboratório, domésticos e silvestres em São Paulo. Levantamento retrospectivo / Dermatoses observed in man, laboratory, domestic and wild animals, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Restrospective study

ABSTRACT

Five hundred and forty-five samples of hair, feathers, skin, scale and nails scrapings of 28 different species, including humans domestic animals, laboratory animals and wild animals were analysed. Samples were examined by direct microscopy after 30 per cent KOH clarification, and cultured in dextrose agar Sabouraud, Mycobiotic agar (dextrose 10 g/L, chlormicetine 0.05 g/L, cycloheximide 0.5 g/L), and in brain heart infusion agar (BHI agar). The results obtained after isolation and identification were: bacteria 53.94 per cent, non-dermatophytes mycelial fungi 42.56 per cent, dermatophytes 17.43 per cent, yeasts 13.57 per cent, and acari 2.93 per cent, and 19.26 per cent were negative. Staphylococcus were the most prevalent bacteria and among dermatophytes the most prevalent were M. canis; among non-dermatophytes mycelial the Aspergillus sp, and Candida sp were the most common yeasts isolated