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Slovensky Lekar Aug 1950
Topics: Dermatomycoses; Mycoses; Slovakia
PubMed: 14782003
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Anales. Universidad Nacional Mayor de... 1967
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Dermatomycoses; Female; Humans; Male; Methods; Peru; Virus Cultivation
PubMed: 5619781
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Das Deutsche Gesundheitswesen Jun 1961
Topics: Climate; Dermatomycoses; Seasons
PubMed: 13731677
DOI: No ID Found -
Das Deutsche Gesundheitswesen Jun 1961
Topics: Dermatomycoses; Seasons; Weather
PubMed: 13779266
DOI: No ID Found -
Bulletin of the Calcutta School of... Jul 1963
Topics: Animals; Dermatomycoses; Griseofulvin; Humans; Lepidoptera; Onychomycosis; Tinea; Tinea Pedis
PubMed: 14068665
DOI: No ID Found -
Archives of Dermatology Dec 1959
Topics: Cushing Syndrome; Dermatomycoses; Humans; Tinea
PubMed: 13807440
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1959.01560240057007 -
La Revue de Medecine Mar 1962
Topics: Dermatomycoses; Griseofulvin
PubMed: 13878371
DOI: No ID Found -
Australian Veterinary Journal Sep 1974
Comparative Study
Topics: Animals; Dermatomycoses; Disease Outbreaks; Female; Hair; Horse Diseases; Horses; Male; Microsporum; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; Skin; Sulfides; Thiabendazole; Thiosulfates; Tinea
PubMed: 4441324
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1974.tb05342.x -
Medical Mycology Journal 2013
Topics: Aged; Dermatomycoses; Humans; Male
PubMed: 23995413
DOI: 10.3314/mmj.54.263 -
New Zealand Veterinary Journal Sep 2016Health monitoring of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) at Auckland Zoo between 2001 and 2009 showed that 58/93 tuatara had been affected by dermatitis of unknown origin....
Dermatomycosis caused by Paranannizziopsis australasiensis in five tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) and a coastal bearded dragon (Pogona barbata) in a zoological collection in New Zealand.
CASE HISTORY
Health monitoring of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) at Auckland Zoo between 2001 and 2009 showed that 58/93 tuatara had been affected by dermatitis of unknown origin. From 2011 onwards, cases of suspected fungal dermatitis underwent extensive diagnostic investigations.
CLINCAL FINDINGS
Six cases of dermatomycosis were attributed to Paranannizziopsis australasiensis, five in tuatara and one in a coastal bearded dragon (Pogona barbata). Cases presented typically as raised, yellow to brown encrustations on the skin. Severe cases progressed to necrotising ulcerative dermatitis, and in the bearded dragon to fatal systemic mycosis. Following topical and systemic treatments, lesions resolved in all five tuatara.
LABORATORY FINDINGS
Histopathological examination of skin biopsy samples revealed dermatitis with intralesional septate branching hyphae. Fungal culture yielded isolates morphologically resembling Chrysosporium species, and isolates were submitted for molecular confirmation and sequencing of DNA.
DIAGNOSIS
All six cases were confirmed as dermatitis due to infection with P. australasiensis, on the basis of fungal culture and DNA sequencing of isolates.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE
These are the first reported cases of dermatomycosis associated with P. australasiensis infection in tuatara, and the first cases in which systemic therapeutic agents have been used in the treatment of such disease. Tuatara at the Auckland Zoo are now routinely examined every 3 months and tissue samples from any lesions sent for histopathology and fungal culture. Further work to elucidate the epidemiology and significance of P. australasiensis infections in reptiles in New Zealand is important for both welfare and conservation purposes.
Topics: Animals; Animals, Zoo; Dermatomycoses; Female; Lizards; Male; New Zealand; Onygenales; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Reptiles; Skin
PubMed: 27074995
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2016.1177473