| [dermatophyte infection and colonization in dogs from south santiago, chile]. | our main aim was to determine the dermatophyte infection and colonization prevalence in canines from south santiago, chile. we studied 241 dogs, 121 of them presented cutaneous lesions suggestive of dermatophytosis and the other 120 were free from lesions and were considered clinically healthy. dermatophytes were isolated from the lesions of 48.8% of animals with cutaneous diseases and from 5% of healthy dogs. microsporum canis was the principal species isolated with a frequency of 98.3% from de ... | 2003 | 15456352 |