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Microsporum canis

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Colonial Morphology	Microscopic Morphology Phase Contrast	Biochemical Reactions: BCP, SDA and Urease
Growth rate: rapid Texture: silky to coarsely fluffy, radial grooves Thallus color: white Reverse: deep yellow Variants: slow growing, heaped and folded, yellow surface, no reverse pigment, macroconidia absent; reverts to typical colony on rice grains	long, rough, thick-walled macroconidia with asymmetrical knob on end few pyriform microconidia, lateral raquet hyphae, nodular bodies, and chlamydospores may be present	BCP: profuse, no change Urease: positive Hair perforation: positive Rice: good growth, yellow pigment, conidia produced
Compare to and Differentiate from: M. audouinii: rice, conidia production	Etiology & Ecology zoophilic - cats and dogs, less commonly monkeys, guinea pigs, horses, mice, cows, rabbits worldwide, less common in North America, UK , and Scandinavia than the rest of the world body in adults, scalp in children, rarely nails etiology of other dermatophytes