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Published on: February 14, 2011
Disseminated histoplasmosis in a domestic cat imported from the USA to Austria
Andrea Klang1, Igor Loncaric2, Joachim Spergser2
1Institute of Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
We present a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in a domestic cat imported from the USA to Austria. Histopathological examination revealed a systemic mycosis with most severe involvement of the lungs suggestive of Histoplasma (H.) capsulatum-infection. Molecular confirmation was based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequence analysis of a fungal culture from liver samples. This is the first case of feline histoplasmosis proven by molecular diagnostic technique in Europe and reported in Austria, etc.

