I adopted 2 kittens from a shelter Dec 19 and one of them (Dexter) has a ringworm patch (confirmed w/ vet tests). The vet recommended dipping both in the lime-sulpher once a week for 4 weeks, and he also put Dexter on an oral med. I had them confined to one room to keep them away from my other cats, so I'm not worried about the whole house being contaminated. I am concerned about when I can let them out of the contaminated room. It is a guest room which I was also using as storage, so it has a lot of stuff in it that I can't totally disinfect. I'm not worried about that, I can keep it closed off for the 18 months of contamination. My question is, how do I know when the kittens are no longer carrying the ringworm? Is the fungal test the only way? If I test them, and wait 2 weeks, will they just get reinfected from being in that room? I have another room I can temporarily keep them in, but I can't let it get infected because the other cats do go in there sometimes. I couldn't find any info on the web about how to tell when the RW fungus is dead. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

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