The use of a one-step PCR method for the identification of Microsporum canis and Trichophyton mentagrophytes infection of pets.

Iwona Dąbrowska; Bożena Dworecka-Kaszak; Anna Brillowska-Dąbrowska

doi:10.18388/abp.2014_1909

The use of a one-step PCR method for the identification of Microsporum canis and Trichophyton mentagrophytes infection of pets.

Iwona Dąbrowska Division of Microbiology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warszawa, Poland.;
Bożena Dworecka-Kaszak Division of Microbiology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warszawa, Poland.;
Anna Brillowska-Dąbrowska Gdansk University of Technology, Department of Microbiology, Gdańsk, Poland.;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2014_1909

Abstract

Dermatophytes are a closely related group of keratinophilic fungi. They encompass important etiological agents of superficial fungal infections. These fungi are able to invade keratinized tissues of humans and animals, causing dermatophytosis (ringworm) of hair, nails or skin. Traditional diagnostics of ringworm is based on morphological identification of cultured fungi and is time-consuming. In this study, we applied a method patented by Brillowska-Dabrowska and coworkers (Brillowska-Dąbrowska A, Saunte DM, Arenderup MC, 2007, Five-hour diagnosis of dermatophyte nail infections with specific detection of Trichophyton rubrum. J Clin Microbiol 45: 1200-1204) which involves extraction of fungal DNA and PCR amplification with pan-dermatophyte primers to confirm the presence of dermatophytes. The method used here is able to confirm the presence of dermatophyte DNA in pure cultures in less than 5 hours.

Published

2014-06-18

Issue

Vol. 61 No. 2 (2014)

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Articles

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