Cargando…

Blastomycosis in Man after Kinkajou Bite

We report transmission of Blastomyces dermatitidis fungal infection from a pet kinkajou to a man. When treating a patient with a recalcitrant infection and a history of an animal bite, early and complete animal necropsy and consideration of nonbacterial etiologies are needed.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Harris, Julie R., Blaney, David D., Lindsley, Mark D., Zaki, Sherif R., Paddock, Christopher D., Drew, Clifton P., Johnson, April J., Landau, Douglas, Vanderbush, Joel, Baker, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21291603
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1702.101046
_version_ 1782215258681638912
author Harris, Julie R.
Blaney, David D.
Lindsley, Mark D.
Zaki, Sherif R.
Paddock, Christopher D.
Drew, Clifton P.
Johnson, April J.
Landau, Douglas
Vanderbush, Joel
Baker, Robert
author_facet Harris, Julie R.
Blaney, David D.
Lindsley, Mark D.
Zaki, Sherif R.
Paddock, Christopher D.
Drew, Clifton P.
Johnson, April J.
Landau, Douglas
Vanderbush, Joel
Baker, Robert
author_sort Harris, Julie R.
collection PubMed
description We report transmission of Blastomyces dermatitidis fungal infection from a pet kinkajou to a man. When treating a patient with a recalcitrant infection and a history of an animal bite, early and complete animal necropsy and consideration of nonbacterial etiologies are needed.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3204770
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2011
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-32047702011-11-03 Blastomycosis in Man after Kinkajou Bite Harris, Julie R. Blaney, David D. Lindsley, Mark D. Zaki, Sherif R. Paddock, Christopher D. Drew, Clifton P. Johnson, April J. Landau, Douglas Vanderbush, Joel Baker, Robert Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report transmission of Blastomyces dermatitidis fungal infection from a pet kinkajou to a man. When treating a patient with a recalcitrant infection and a history of an animal bite, early and complete animal necropsy and consideration of nonbacterial etiologies are needed. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3204770/ /pubmed/21291603 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1702.101046 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Harris, Julie R.
Blaney, David D.
Lindsley, Mark D.
Zaki, Sherif R.
Paddock, Christopher D.
Drew, Clifton P.
Johnson, April J.
Landau, Douglas
Vanderbush, Joel
Baker, Robert
Blastomycosis in Man after Kinkajou Bite
title Blastomycosis in Man after Kinkajou Bite
title_full Blastomycosis in Man after Kinkajou Bite
title_fullStr Blastomycosis in Man after Kinkajou Bite
title_full_unstemmed Blastomycosis in Man after Kinkajou Bite
title_short Blastomycosis in Man after Kinkajou Bite
title_sort blastomycosis in man after kinkajou bite
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21291603
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1702.101046
work_keys_str_mv AT harrisjulier blastomycosisinmanafterkinkajoubite
AT blaneydavidd blastomycosisinmanafterkinkajoubite
AT lindsleymarkd blastomycosisinmanafterkinkajoubite
AT zakisherifr blastomycosisinmanafterkinkajoubite
AT paddockchristopherd blastomycosisinmanafterkinkajoubite
AT drewcliftonp blastomycosisinmanafterkinkajoubite
AT johnsonaprilj blastomycosisinmanafterkinkajoubite
AT landaudouglas blastomycosisinmanafterkinkajoubite
AT vanderbushjoel blastomycosisinmanafterkinkajoubite
AT bakerrobert blastomycosisinmanafterkinkajoubite