| trichophyton mentagrophytes skin infections in laboratory animals as a cause of zoonosis. | recent sporadic distribution in japan of trichophyton mentagrophytes skin infections among laboratory rats or guinea pigs is reported. six cases of laboratory infection by the fungus in humans who came in direct contact with the affected animals are also presented. mating experiments with the causative fungi isolated from the animal and human skin lesions revealed that all but one sexually reactive strains belonged to the "+" mating type of arthroderma vanbreuseghemii. a retrospective epidemiolo ... | 1981 | 7219511 |