کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2438607 1553780 2006 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Phaeohyphomycosis in a Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) due to Cladophialophora bantiana
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
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Phaeohyphomycosis in a Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) due to Cladophialophora bantiana
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryPhaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana was diagnosed in a 5-month-old snow leopard with spastic paralysis of the hind legs and inability to defaecate or urinate. At post-mortem examination, a greenish soft mass resembling an abscess was found on one side of the epidural space at the fourth lumbar vertebral body. Histological examination revealed a purulent meningitis with myelomalacia. Dematiaceous fungal hyphae, present within the inflammatory infiltrate, were identified as C. bantiana by culture and sequence analysis of the 18S ribosomal RNA gene. This neurotropic fungus rarely affects organs other than the brain in human beings and cats, and has been reported only occasionally in Europe. The case described suggests that phaeohyphomycosis due to C. bantiana infection may be recognized more frequently in the future and the possible involvement of organs other than the brain should be borne in mind.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Comparative Pathology - Volume 134, Issues 2–3, February–April 2006, Pages 245–248
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