Microsporum (redirected from Microsporum canis var distortum)

Microsporum /Mi·cros·po·rum/ (-spor´um) a genus of fungi that cause diseases of skin and hair, including M. audoui´ni, M. ca´nis, M. ful´vum, and M. gyp´seum.

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Mi·cros·po·rum (m-krspr-m, mkr-spôrm)

n.

A genus of pathogenic fungi that causes dermatophytosis in animals and humans.

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Microsporum

[-spôr′əm]

Etymology: Gk, mikros + sporos, seed

a genus of dermatophytes of the family Moniliaceae. The spores are multiseptate and variable in shape and have thin or thick walls. One species is M. audouinii, which causes epidemic tinea capitis in children. Others are M. canis and M. gypseum. Formerly called Microsporon.

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microscopy,

n a technique for observing microscopic materials using a microscope.

microscopy, digital epiluminescence

n computer-aided technique that employs a binocular surface microscope to examine pigmented skin lesions.

Microsporum

(mī´krōspor´m),
n a genus of dermatophytes of the family Monilaceae.

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Microsporum

a genus of fungi that cause various diseases of the skin and hair, referred to as ringworm. The sexual state is known as Nannizia.

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Microsporum audouinii

an anthropophilic species which may occasionally infect domestic animals.

Microsporum canis var canis

causes ringworm in dogs, cats, humans and occasionally other animals.

Microsporum canis var distortum

principally an infection of laboratory primates, but occurs also in dogs and cats.

Microsporum fulvum

occasionally infects pigs, goats, monkeys, jaguars and lions.

Microsporum gallinae

causes favus in chickens and turkeys.

Microsporum gypseum

a soil dermatophyte that causes ringworm in dogs, horses and sometimes other species.

Microsporum nanum

causes ringworm in pigs and rarely other animals and humans.

Microsporum persicolor

infects voles.

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Microsporum

A genus of fungi causing tinea capitis, tinea corpus, ringworm, and other dermatophytoses. See Tinea.