Invasive Fatal Scopulariopsis brevicaulis Infection in Canaries.

Autor: Tunç AS; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: scoskan@veterinary.ankara.edu.tr., Baş B; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey., Kutsal O; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of comparative pathology [J Comp Pathol] 2022 Aug; Vol. 196, pp. 11-15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 05.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2022.06.002
Abstrakt: Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, a soil saprophyte, is the most common dermatomycotic mould and causes deep fungal infection. Ten canaries died in a flock of 200 and, at necropsy, S. brevicaulis was isolated from lung and beak samples. Macroscopically, the colonies were flat, velvety or powdery, white, tan, dark brown, grey or black. Microscopically, the isolated fungus had hyaline and septate hyphae, finger-like conidiophores on which annelids produced chains of conidia. On histopathological examination, multiple irregular thin red hyphae were seen in lung tissue of the canaries. Although S. brevicaulis may be involved in onychomycosis, pulmonary mycosis or invasive infection in humans, this infection has not been reported in canaries. This study shows that S. brevicaulis can cause invasive and fatal infection in canaries.
Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship or publication of this article.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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