Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2400547 | Medical Mycology Case Reports | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Ascending infections of equine uterus frequently result in placentitis and abortions; most of these infections are bacterial and are less commonly due to fungi. This report describes an abortion case in an Arab mare due to Candida guilliermondii that was diagnosed via cytological, histological, cultural and biomolecular assays. The histological lesions found were severe necrotizing placentitis associated with fetal pneumonia. To our knowledge this is the first case of C. guilliermondii abortion reported in equine species.
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Authors
Valentina Stefanetti, Maria Luisa Marenzoni, Elvio Lepri, Mauro Coletti, Patrizia Casagrande Proietti, Francesco Agnetti, Silvia Crotti, Lucia Pitzurra, Andrea Del Sero, Fabrizio Passamonti,