Mastitis, which has multiple and complex aetiology, is a common syndrome among bovines and inflicts enormous losses on livestock owners. The mastitis cases are infectious in nature and are usually caused by bacteria, fungi/yeasts and some algae. An interesting case of protracted clinical mastitis in a Holstein-Fresian cow in its third lactation was encountered, with exclusive involvement of Geo...

BACKGROUND Dermatophytes are filamentous keratinophilic fungi. Trichophyton rubrum is a prevalent infectious agent in tineas and other skin diseases. Drug therapy is considered to be limited in the treatment of such infections, mainly due to low accessibility of the drug to the tissue attacked and development of antifungal resistance in these microorganisms. In this context, Photodynamic Therap...

Dermatophytes are keratinophilic fungi that infect keratinized tissues causing diseases known as dermatophytoses. Dermatophytes are classified in three genera, Epidermophyton, Microsporum, and Trichophyton. This investigation was performed to study the prevalence of dermatomycosis among 640 patients being evaluated at the dermatology clinics at Kasr elainy, El-Husein and Said Galal hospitals in...

Sewage sludge was examined for keratinolytic and keratinophilic fungi by means of a multi-temperature (23, 26, 29, 33, 37 and 45oC) hair baiting method. Results indicate that this method can be a useful tool for determination of the influence of temperature and other factors on fungal composition in sludge and evaluation of health risk posed by fungal pathogens. The use of the method facilitate...

Keratinophilic fungi are natural colonizers of keratinic substrates. Some are keratinolytic and play an important ecological role in decomposing α-keratins, the insoluble fibrous proteins. Because of the tight packing of their polypeptide chains in α-helix structures and their linkage by disulphide bridges, they are poorly biodegradable. Two main forms of attack have been identified: surface er...

A total of 15 keratinophilic fungi including 8 Chrysosporium species were isolated from the rural environment of Ismailia, Egypt, using the hair bait technique. Mainly, C. zonatum was isolated from soils collected from fields, animal cages, besides cows and buffaloes hairs and was identified macroscopically, microscopically and using the molecular technique by determining the DNA sequences of I...

Dermatophytes are keratinophilic fungi and the causative agent of dermatophytosis in animals people. In pathogenesis this disease, enzymes such as DNase, gelatinase, lipase, keratinase, elastase, collagenase highlighted. This work aimed to verify production these by clinical environmental isolates dermatophytes. Environmental strains were obtained Vanbreuseghem technique (1952), using soil samp...