• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.211-214
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• 2008

This report describes a case of severe and prolonged dermatophytosis in a hedgehog that was diagnosed by PCR-RFLP, a rapid and usefulness technique for identification of many causative agents and hereditary characters. A 5-month-old female hedgehog was presented with grade 2 facial pruritus, scaling, encrustation and hemorrhage. Cytology of exudates on the face showed a suspected fungal infection. A culture and tape imprint test of the cultured colony showed many hyphae and microcornidia, suspected to belong to the Trichophyton species. In the PCR-RFLP with MvaI and Hinf I, Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. erinacei was finally identified as a causative agent. The patient completely recovered after application of nystatin cream for 17 days.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.1068-1072
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• 2005

The chlororinated bibenzyl compound (1) inhibited the growth of the Gram positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis ATCC 19659, (2mm inhibition zone at $30{\mu}g/disc$), Candida albicans ATCC 14053, (2mm inhibition zone at $30{\mu}g/disc$), and the dermatophytic fungus Trichophyon mentagrophtes ATCC 28185, (3mm inhibition zone at $30{\mu}g/disc$).