Reliability of using Wood's lamp by shelter personnel to diagnose Microsporum canis in cats
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10581519/" target="_blank" >https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10581519/</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/32/2023-VETMED" target="_blank" >10.17221/32/2023-VETMED</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Reliability of using Wood's lamp by shelter personnel to diagnose Microsporum canis in cats
Original language description
Optimising diagnostic methods in shelters so that they are as economical as possible for the shelter is especially important because shelters often have a significant lack of funds and so usually do not carry out preventive screening of cats. Dermatophyte fungi spread quickly and can infect shelter staff. The aim of our work was to identify the occurrence of Microsporum canis in shelter cats. It aimed to determine the prevalence of M. canis in cats at the selected shelter and compare the efficiency of detection using a Wood's lamp and culturing on Sabouraud's agar. All cats present in the shelter at the time of the study ( n = 70) were examined with Wood's lamp and hair sampling followed by subsequent culturing on Sabouraud's agar. Identification of fungi was based on microscopic proof of macroconidia and microconidia. The prevalence of M. canis by diagnosis on Sabouraud's agar was 64.29% of cats, with the help of Wood's lamp 48.57% of cats showed positive fluorescence. The sensitivity of the Wood lamp examination was 71% and the specificity was 92%. Our study suggests that Wood's lamp could be used by trained shelter personnel for the first examination of cats at reception and could significantly reduce the risk of spreading M. canis in shelters.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40301 - Veterinary science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Veterinární medicína
ISSN
0375-8427
e-ISSN
1805-9392
Volume of the periodical
68
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
281-286
UT code for WoS article
001092593400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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