Use of Miconazole/Chlorhexidine Shampoo and Itraconazole to Treat Dogs and Cats Naturally Infected with Microsporum Spp. in Ganja, Shamkir and Goygol, Azerbaijan, in 2021-2023

Abstract

This article focuses on performing clinical, laboratory examination, isolation, and identification of M. canis and the successful treatment of M. canis infection in cats and dogs in Ganja, Shamkir and Goygol, Azerbaijan, during 2021-2023. The source of infection (SOI) was demonstrated to be cats and dogs in small animal hospitals, Ganja, Azerbaijan. Samples were collected from a total of 37 animals. 15 of the sampled animals are dogs and 22 are cats. 14 of the 37 suspected animals we examined had the disease. The skin lesions observed in the M. canis infected cats and dogs were erythema, alopecia, scaly, and crusty distributed to the ear, body, neck, back and tail of cats, respectively. As a result of our study, 6 infected cats and 3 dogs were treated with itraconazole and one of two topical therapies including 2% chlorhexidine and 2% miconazole shampoo. The median time to clinical cure was six weeks and the median time to mycological cure was six weeks (range 7–21 weeks).