Antifungal Susceptibility of Microsporum canis isolated from canine dermatophytosis

Han, Ki-ok; Choi, Won-pil

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 2001;41(2):173-176.

Ki-ok Han, Won-pil Choi

College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University

개 피부병 유래의 Microsporum canis의 항진균제 감수성

한기옥, 최원필

경북대학교 수의과대학

Abstract

The present study was conducted to examine the drug susceptibility of 57 strains of Microsporum canis isolated from dogs with dermatitis in Taegu, 1999. Antifungal susceptibility test was performed by the microdilution method, using 7 antifungal drugs as follows: itraconazole(I), terbinafine(T), ketoconazole(K), griseofulvin(G), amphotericin B(A), flucytosine(5-Fc)(F), tolnaftate(To). All tester strains of M canis were highly susceptible to T, I, K and To(geometric mean $MICs{leq}0.007{sim}0.155{mu}g/ml$), while those were lowly susceptible to G, A and F(geometric mean MICs $0.285{sim}26.430{mu}g/ml$).

Key Words: antifungal susceptibility, Microsporum canis, canine, dermatophytes