title: Necrotizing mycotic dermatitis in snakes: clinical and pathologic features.
abstract: Necrotizing mycotic dermatitis was diagnosed in 6 snakes. Cutaneous lesions involved ventral and lateral scales. Each clinical diagnosis was confirmed by fungal culture and light microscopic evaluation of biopsied scales. The differential clinical considerations included contact dermatitis and bacterial dermatitis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005847:Geotrichosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010407:Penicillium; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012911:Snakes / Q000382:microbiology*; D014242:Trichoderma