Fusarium solani hyalohyphomycosisin loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): a diagnostic and therapeutical challenge.
Vet Ital
; 56(2): 123-132, 2020 12 31.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33034190
ABSTRACT
Fusarium spp. are pathogens plants, animals and humans, isolated from soil, plants and water systems. They are distributed worldwide and include saprotrophic, biotrophicpathogenic or endophytic fungi, or producers of mycotoxins (fumonisins). Human isolates are becoming the leading mycosis affecting immunocompromised patients and frequently involved in mycoses of aquatic mammals and reptiles, included sea turtles or their eggs. Here reported are three severe cases of unusual localizations of Fusarium in loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) and their diagnostic, therapeutic and clinical output. In the clinical practice, correct genuslevel identification of Fusarium species is critically important to enable correct treatment as in vitroantifungal susceptibility testing is mandatory for each Fusariumlike isolate. For this reason, susceptibility testing can significantly help the practitioner in choosing the most appropriate therapeutic protocol.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Turtles
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Hyalohyphomycosis
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Fusarium
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Vet Ital
Year:
2020
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Article
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