Multifocal Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola Infection in an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) without the Presence of Skin Lesions
Autor: | Andrew N. Cartoceti, Katharine L. Hope, Alan Peters, Matthew Evans, James C. Steeil |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Necrosis biology 040301 veterinary sciences business.industry 030106 microbiology Soft tissue 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences medicine.drug_formulation_ingredient Eastern diamondback Fresh Tissue Cytology Cellulitis medicine Crotalus adamanteus medicine.symptom business |
Zdroj: | Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery. 28:76 |
ISSN: | 1529-9651 |
Popis: | A 15-yr-old captive-born male Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) presented for the presence of two slow-growing subcutaneous/intramuscular masses along the dorsum. Whole-body radiographs showed two subcutaneous soft tissue masses and two soft tissue opacities within the lungs. An initial punch biopsy of one of the subcutaneous masses revealed chronic granulomatous cellulitis with intralesional fungal hyphae. During a follow-up examination, repeat biopsy of one of the subcutaneous masses confirmed Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, the causative agent of snake fungal disease, via quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) of fresh tissue. Additionally, cytology of one of the intracoelomic masses obtained via fine needle aspirate showed evidence of necrosis with fungal hyphae consistent with O. ophiodiicola. Given the multiorgan nature of this disease at the time of diagnosis, and the concern for a lack of therapeutic efficacy, the snake was euthanized. Antemortem cytology, histopatho... |
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