Mycotic pulmonary disease by Beauveria bassiana in a captive tortoise.
A case of fatal pulmonary infection in a female tortoise (Tachemys scripta) imported into Spain from Cuba is reported. Necropsy revealed general pulmonary congestion with pleuritis and a large number of yellowish nodules of the granulomatous type, similar to aspergillomata. Histological examination showed some infiltration of round cells, surrounding a small mass of fungal hyphae. Culturing on Sabouraud glucose agar, demonstrated the presence of a fungus whose macroscopic and microscopic characteristics corresponded to those of Beauveria bassiana.
D000818:Animals; D003462:Cuba; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013030:Spain; D014426:Turtles