Cutaneous blastomycosis and dermatophytic pseudomycetoma in a Persian cat from Bangkok, Thailand

Lerpen Duangkaew; Lawan Larsuprom; Chaiyan Kasondorkbua; Charles Chen; Ariya Chindamporn

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.01.001

Medical Mycology Case Reports (Mar 2017)

Cutaneous blastomycosis and dermatophytic pseudomycetoma in a Persian cat from Bangkok, Thailand

Lerpen Duangkaew,
Lawan Larsuprom,
Chaiyan Kasondorkbua,
Charles Chen,
Ariya Chindamporn

Affiliations

Lerpen Duangkaew: Dermatology Unit, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Thailand
Lawan Larsuprom: Dermatology Unit, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Thailand
Chaiyan Kasondorkbua: Dermatology Unit, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Thailand
Charles Chen: Asian Veterinary Specialist Referral Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Ariya Chindamporn: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.01.001
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. C
pp. 12 – 15

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This is a case report of concurrent of blastomycosis and pseudomycetoma in a 3 year-old Persian cat from Bangkok, Thailand. Histopathology from antemortem and postmortem samples revealed blastomycosis and dermatophyte pseudomycetoma. The PCR analysis of the formalin-embedded tissue of antemortem sample confirmed that blastomycosis was caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. Dermatophyte infection was caused by Microsporum canis. According to the author's knowledge, this is the first case of Blastomyces dermatitidis and dermatophyte pseudomycetoma in South-East Asia.

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports

ISSN: 2211-7539 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-mycology-case-reports/

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