Pet Monkey Research Articles

Therapy of spontaneous ringworm in cats with orally administered griseofulvin.

Ringworm in cats is a common dermatological disorder of public health importance. Investigations in this country 3,7 and other parts of the world 5,6 have disclosed that Microsporum canis is the principal cause of this condition in cats. In a recent survey 3 of ringworm of animals in the United States, this fungus has been found to be responsible for approximately 98% of the feline cases studied. Such infections are frequently transmitted to human contacts, and infected cats constitute the principal source of this agent for man. M. canis is also an important cause of dermatophytosis in dogs, pet monkeys, and horses, 3 and such lower-animal hosts are also frequently involved in the transmission of the disease to humans. Although it has been conclusively established that the relatively common M. canis ringworm in man represents spread from cats and other animals, to date no attempts have been made in this

MANHATTAN DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY

<b>Tinea Capitis et Corporis Contracted from a Monkey.</b>Presented byDr. Orlando Canizares. S. H., a girl aged 4 years, developed an eruption on the chest about two weeks after her parents had acquired a pet monkey. The patient often played with the monkey in close contact, especially around the neck. A few days after onset the eruption spread to the neck and back, and a patch of alopecia appeared on the scalp. Other lesions later developed on her arms. The eruption has been present now for about five weeks. The father, mother, brother, and both grandmothers of the patient also present lesions of tinea circinata. Eight of her cousins also contracted ringworm of the body, and two of them also present ringworm of the scalp. All had been in contact with the monkey. There is a patch of alopecia on the scalp about the size of a silver dollar

Coincident infection of a human and an anthropoid with Microsporum audouini; report of a case.

IN JANUARY, 1950, one of us (J. P. S.) was confronted by a patient who stated that she and her pet monkey were scratching pruritic lesions which she thought were ringworm. Considering the number of times that laymen falsely accuse the animal world of conferring infection upon mankind, the piquant fact is that this patient made a correct diagnosis. REPORT OF CASE The patient was a 46-yr.-old white woman who operated a pet shop. A week after acquiring a capuchin monkey she noted on the exposed portions of her neck and forearms annular erythematous plaques with a fine branny scale, 0.5 cm. to 1.5 cm. in size. Pruritus was a prominent symptom. Crops of new lesions kept on reappearing during her period of contact with the monkey. The application of 10% salicylanilide ointment to any given lesion was followed by regression within about two weeks. The simian was a male