Eosinophilic plasmacytic conjunctivitis concurrent with gingival fistula caused by Schizophyllum commune in a captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Publication date: Available online 14 September 2017
Source:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Author(s): Madoka Yoshizawa, Shinpei Kawarai, Yoshiko Torii, Kaori Ohta, Kiyoshi Tasaka, Kazuko Nishimura, Chieko Fujii, Nobuyuki Kanemaki
We describe for the first time the diagnosis of Schizophyllum commune infection in a captive cheetah. Eosinophilic plasmacytic conjunctivitis was detected histopathologically in a biopsy specimen. Both a second surgical specimen and drainage fluid from a gingival mass and fistula contained fungal hyphae in giant cells with granulomatous inflammation. Allergic S. commune mycosis was suspected at this point. A monokaryotic isolate was characterized morphologically, and then identified genetically. Treatment with itraconazole and pimaricin was effective.



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