| Autor: |
Sierra-Maeda KY; Hospital General ''Dr. Manuel Gea González'', Servicio de Dermatología, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, Mexico., Martínez-Hernández F; Hospital General 'Dr. Manuel Gea González', Departamento de Ecología de Agentes Patógenos, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, Mexico., Arenas R; Hospital General ''Dr. Manuel Gea González'', Servicio de Micología, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, Mexico., Boeta-Ángeles L; Hospital Juárez de Mexico, Gustavo A. Madero, Ciudad de México, Mexico., Martínez-Chavarría LC; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Departamento Patología, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Mexico., Rodríguez-Colín SF; Hospital General ''Dr. Manuel Gea González'', Servicio de Micología, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, Mexico., Xicohtencatl-Cortes J; Hospital Infantil de México Dr. Federico Gómez, Laboratorio de Bacteriología Intestinal, Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México, Mexico., Hernández-Castro R; Hospital General 'Dr. Manuel Gea González', Departamento de Ecología de Agentes Patógenos, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México, Mexico. |
| Abstrakt: |
Microsporum canis, one of the most widespread dermatophytes worldwide, is a zoonotic microorganism that transmits infection from reservoirs such as cats and dogs to humans. This microorganism is associated with Tinea corporis and other clinical manifestations; however, few studies have used genetic surveillance to determine and characterize the process of zoonotic transmission. In this study, we show a clear example of zoonotic transmission from a cat to an intrafamilial environment, where it caused Tinea corporis by infection with M. canis. Molecular characterization using the b-tubulin gene and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA analysis made it possible to determine that the six isolates of M. canis obtained in this study belonged to the same genetic variant or clone responsible for reservoir-reservoir or reservoir-human transmission. |
