Cutaneous sporotrichosis in a stray cat from Thailand

This is a case report of feline sporotrichosis in a 3-year-old male intact DSH stray cat in Bangkok, Thailand. Cytology and histopathology revealed Sporothrix yeast-like organisms in ulcerative cutaneous lesions. Fungal culture and sequence analysis of ITS region of rDNA confirmed the diagnosis and...

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Autores principales: Duangkaew, Lerpen, Yurayart, Chompoonek, Limsivilai, Orawan, Chen, Charles, Kasorndorkbua, Chaiyan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6312868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30619683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.12.003
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Sumario:This is a case report of feline sporotrichosis in a 3-year-old male intact DSH stray cat in Bangkok, Thailand. Cytology and histopathology revealed Sporothrix yeast-like organisms in ulcerative cutaneous lesions. Fungal culture and sequence analysis of ITS region of rDNA confirmed the diagnosis and the causative agent as Sporothrix schenckii. This is the first case report of feline sporotrichosis in the country. The case report emphasizes the role of stray cats as this zoonotic disease carrier.

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