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HUMAN INFECTIONS WITH MOUSE FAVUS IN A RURAL AREA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Brown Geraldine W.,
Suter Isabel I.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1969.tb107257.x
Subject(s) - plague (disease) , epidemiology , virology , geography , medicine , biology , ethnology , history , pathology
A brief description of mouse favus caused by Trichophyton quinckeanum has been given. The epidemiology and the clinical variations of mouse favus in humans have been described. Nine proven cases of human infections with T. quinckeanum have been reported from the Wudinna district in South Australia during a mouse plague. A brief outline of the history of mouse favus in Australia has been discussed. It is hoped that country practitioners will be encouraged to forward clinical material to mycological laboratories for specific identification of fungal infections.