title: Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Moniliella suaveolens in two cats.
abstract: Moniliella suaveolens was isolated in pure culture from histologically typical phaeohyphomycotic granulomas containing dematiaceous fungi in two cats. One cat had several slow-growing black lesions up to 2 cm in diameter in the abdominal subcutis. These lesions recurred after surgical excision was attempted. The second cat had a single black subcutaneous 0.5 X 1.5-cm lesion near one dewclaw. This lesion was successfully removed surgically without recurrence. M. suaveolens has not been isolated previously from lesions in animals including man.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000166:cytology*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*