Pulmonary and systemic fungal infections in an Atlantic spotted dolphin and a Bryde's whale, Brazil.
Dis Aquat Organ
; 128(1): 73-79, 2018 Mar 22.
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ABSTRACT
We report the gross and microscopic findings and molecular identification of 2 cases of hyphate fungal infection in cetaceans from Brazil. The first case involved an adult male Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis with localized pulmonary disease characterized by pyogranulomatous and necrotizing bronchopneumonia with intralesional hyphae. The second case involved an adult male Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni with orchitis, periorchitis, mesenteric lymphadenitis and pyogranulomatous bronchopneumonia with intralesional hyphae. PCR analysis from the dolphin's lung yielded Aspergillus fumigatus, and the fungus from the whale's mesenteric lymph node showed the greatest identity to Nanniziopsis obscura and Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum These cases represent the first reports of pulmonary aspergillosis by A. fumigatus in an Atlantic spotted dolphin and systemic mycosis by a possibly novel Onygenales in marine mammals.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Stenella
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Balaenoptera
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Micosis
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
País como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Año:
2018
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Article