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4: Dermatophytosis

Figurę 4 :17: Infected hairs in chloral lactophenol. Compare ectothrix imasion in one hair with another healthy hair (x250) (courtesy of ENV Parasitology Laboratory, Lyon)

Figurę 4 : 19 : Fungal culture of Microsporum canis on Sabouraud’s medium. The undersurface has a yellow-orange appearance

Figurę 4 : 18 : Fungal culture of Microsporum canis on Sabouraud’s medium. The top surface has a downy buff-coloured appearance

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Figurę 4 : 20 : Spindle-shaped Microsporum canis macroconidion with thick echinulate walls and madę up ofmany cells

Figurę 4 : 21: Histopathology : notę hyphae inmding the hair and the presence of spore s around the outside (stained with PAS, x250)

Figurę 4:22: Histopathology : numerous hyphae imading the epidermal keratin of a cat with dermatophytosis caused by Microsporum canis, associated with FIV infection (stained with PAS, x250)

Figurę 4:23: Histopathology of a kerion : notę furunculosis with rupture of the basement membranę of the hair follicle, around an infected hair (stained with PAS, x 100)

Figurę 4 :24: Histopathology of a eumycetoma caused by Microsporum canis : notę fungal granuloma around colonies of Microsporum canis (stained with PAS, x250)