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Original Article

Dermatite expérimentale à pityrosporum ovale et (ou) pityrosporum orbiculare chez le cobaye et la souris

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Pages 149-156 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009
 

Summary

An experimental dermatitis was established for the guinea pig and Swiss white mouse by topical application of cultures of Pityrosporum ovale, isolated from pityriasis capitis and from P. orbiculare isolated from pityriasis versicolor. Histology showed the development of the yeasts in the stratum corneum, with hyperkeratosis at the follicular ostium and in the pilous bulb: the clinical and histological appearances resembled human seborrheic dermatitis. The nude (nu/nu) mouse, the hair-less mouse and the nude rat were not susceptible to this experimental infection, probably because of the dystrophy of their pilous follicles and sebaceous glands. The experimental model permitted evaluation of antifungal agents. The Pityrosporum dermatitis disappeared rapidly after topical application of econazole or amphotericin B. No pathological differences were observed between the strains tested.

Abstract

Une dermatite expérimentale a été obtenue chez le cobaye et la souris blanche par application cutanée de cultures de Pityrosporum ovale, isolé de pityriasis capitis, et de P. orbiculare isolé de pityriasis versicolor. L'histologie montre le développement des levures dans la couche cornée hyperkératosique, à l'ostium folliculaire et dans le bulbe pilaire, l'aspect clinique et histologique évoquant la dermatite séborrhéique humaine. Chez la souris nude (nu/nu), la souris hair-less et la rat nu aucune lésion n'a pu étre obtenue vraisemblablement par rapport à la dystrophie des follicules pileux et glandes sébacées. Ce modèle expérimental permet d'évaluer l'activité des antifongiques. La dermatite expérimentale à Pityrosporum in vivo disparait rapidement après l'application locale d'éconazole ou d'amphotéricine B. Aucune différence pathologique n'a été observée entre les diverses souches étudiées.

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