Phaeohyphomycotic dermatitis in a giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides()()

We report here a clinical case of phaeohyphomycosis in an 18-year-old male giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Skin lesions on the giant panda disappeared following 2 months of treatment with ketoconazole. Three months after discontinuing the treatment, there was a clinical and mycological relapse...

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Autores principales: Ma, Xiaoping, Gu, Yu, Liu, Xiaomin, Li, Desheng, Ling, Shanshan, Hou, Jiafa, Wang, Chengdong, Cao, Sanjie, Huang, Xiaobo, Wen, Xintian, Ruan, Jiaxue, Dong, Cao, Li, Changcheng, Tong, Yufei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24432233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.05.003
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Sumario:We report here a clinical case of phaeohyphomycosis in an 18-year-old male giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Skin lesions on the giant panda disappeared following 2 months of treatment with ketoconazole. Three months after discontinuing the treatment, there was a clinical and mycological relapse. The disease progression was no longer responsive to ketoconazole. Microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis revealed that the infection was caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides. A 4-month treatment regime with Itraconazole oral solution (700 mg per day) successfully terminated the infection.

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