title: Cutaneous pythiosis in the horse.
abstract: Pythiosis of horses in an invasive, ulcerative, proliferative, pyogranulomatous disease of the skin and subcutis caused by Pythium insidiosum, a fungus-like oomycete in the order Peronosporales of the kingdom Protista. Pythiosis is a form of "phycomycosis," which is a complex of pyogranulomatous diseases that also includes conidiobolomysosis, basidiobolobysosis, and disorders caused by members of the order Mucorales.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Chaffin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schumacher
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: McMullan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006736:Horses; D011775:Pythium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology