TABLE 2.

Clinical isolates used in this study

Species	No. of strains investigated	Origin	Symptomatology
Microsporum spp.
M. canis	12	Human	Present
	5	Cat	Present
	15	Cat	Absent
	5	Dog	Present
	12	Dog	Absent
M. gypseum	1	Human	Present
	3	Cat	Absent
	2	Cat	Present
	3	Dog	Absent
	5	Dog	Present
Trichophyton spp.
T. ajelloi	3	Dog	Absent
T. mentagrophytes var.  granulosum	1	Human	Present
T. mentagrophytesa	11	Human	Present
	2	Dog	Present
	1	Rabbit	Present
	1	Chinchilla	Present
T. interdigitale	10	Human	Present
T. rubrum	12	Human	Present
Epidermophyton sp.
E. floccosum	7	Human	Present

^aUnspecified variety.