Subcutaneous Mycoleptodiscus indicus infection in an immunosuppressed dog
Catherine A Metry1, Patricia S Hoien-Dalen, Carol W Maddox
1University of Illinois, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, 2001 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana, IL 61802, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|June 4, 2010
Abstract:
An 8-year-old dog presented with several dermal excoriations. Lesion cytology revealed pyogranulomatous inflammation with branching, septate hyphae. A mold identified as Mycoleptodiscus indicus by morphology and sequencing was cultured from fine-needle aspirates. This is the first report of a Mycoleptodiscus species as an etiologic agent in a dog.
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