Tinea capitis is a scalp infection caused by fungi. In Brazil, the main causative agents are Microsporum canis and the Trichophyton tonsurans. Etiological diagnosis is based on suggestive clinical findings and confirmation depends on the fungus growth in culture. However, it is not always possible to perform this test due to lack of availability. We reveal the dermoscopic findings that enable d...

from 687 patients referred to the medical mycology depatment of the school of public health, 184 cases showed tinea capitis infection, direct microscopy and culture was positive in 86.2% and 75.29% of the cases respectively. from the positive cultures 5 different dermatophtes were identified as: microsporum canis, trichophyton violaceum, trichophyton verrucosum, trichophyton schoenleinii, trich...

Parasitic diseases account for important health hazard in human beings and animals around the globe including India [1]. India, as a tropical country, has a wide range of climatic zones, which make it vulnerable for a diverse range of parasites of medical and veterinary importance, whose transmission and geographical distribution are closely linked to regional temperature, rainfall and humidity...

Anjing Kintamani Bali merupakan salah satu anjing ras asli Indonesia yang memiliki banyak peminat. ini berasal dari daerah pegunungan Desa Sukawana, Kecamatan Kintamani, Bali. Toxocariosis penyakit umum menginfeksi anak anjing. Infeksi cacing T. canis dapat menimbulkan peradangan dan edema pada organ hati paru-paru. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui prevalensi infeksi hubungannya dengan fak...

mopolitan roundworms that infect dogs, especially puppies, and cats. T. canis infection in humans occurs by ingestion of the embryonic eggs, which are shed in the feces of infected dogs. Toxocariasis is manifested in three different syndromes: visceral larva migrans (VLM), ocular larva migrans (OLM), and covert toxocariasis (1, 2). VLM is usually a disease of children 1 to 6 year old, and it ma...

Biological control is considered one of the most used alternative measures to combat helminths relevance in veterinary medicine and public health. Among these parasites, Toxocara canis stands out for its high prevalence worldwide distribution, addition being main cause visceral larva migrans man. The present work aimed fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia (isolate Pc-10) on eggs T. canis. In order do...

BACKGROUND Transgenic research on metalloproteinase-1 is an emerging field in the area of plant molecular biology. The new method reported here can similarly be applied in fungal molecular biology to identify different dermatophytes. Our method is more accurate than traditional methods such as molecular analyses. OBJECTIVE To identify Trichophyton rubrum, T. mentagrophytes var. mentagrophytes...

Dermatophytes are human and animal pathogenic fungi which cause cutaneous infections and grow exclusively in the stratum corneum, nails and hair. In a culture medium containing soy proteins as sole nitrogen source a substantial proteolytic activity was secreted by Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum canis. This proteolytic activity was 55-75 % inhibited by o-phenant...

OBJECTIVE Nigella sativa extract has been used in the Middle East as a traditional medicine for several complaints. We aimed to evaluate the biochemical, histopathological and hematologic changes in Toxocara canis-infected mice after treatment with Nigella sativa extract, albendazole or a combination of both. METHODS This comparative study was conducted between June and July 2008 at the Itarr...

Introduction Toxocara canis has a worldwide distribution and is regarded as the main cause of human toxocariasis (1, 2). Infection in humans, particularly children, is frequently caused by accidental ingestion of embryonated Toxocara eggs present in soil, water, food, dirty hands, and vegetables or by ingestion of larvae in under-cooked giblets (3). The disease can be asymptomatic or can lead t...