Extracellular proteolytic activity and molecular analysis of Microsporum canis strains isolated from symptomatic and asymptomatic cats.
Rev Iberoam Micol
; 24(1): 19-23, 2007 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-17592886
Microsporum canis is the main zoophylic dermatophyte in dogs and cats, and it is also an important zoonotic agent. The literature showed that cats are asymptomatic carriers of M. canis. This is apparently due to host resistance and/or the presence of strains with lower virulence. This study was aimed to evaluate the keratinolytic, elastinolytic and collagenolytic activities of M. canis strains and their relationship with symptomatic and asymptomatic cats. In addition, these strains were analysed by RFLP. The strains isolated from cats with clinical dermatophytosis had higher keratinase and elastase activity than those isolated from asymptomatic animals (p minus than 0.05). There were not differences in RFLP patterns based on Hind III digestion.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Peptídeo Hidrolases
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Tinha
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Proteínas Fúngicas
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Elastase Pancreática
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Doenças do Gato
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Gatos
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Colagenases
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Microsporum
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev Iberoam Micol
Assunto da revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Espanha