Subcutaneous mycosis in a cat due to Staphylotrichum coccosporum.
A 5.5-year-old, male, feline leucosis virus-positive cat developed a concurrent dermatophytosis due to Microsporum canis and a subcutaneous infection due to Staphylotrichum coccosporum. St. coccosporum caused mycetoma-like lesions. The fungal elements revealed features like those seen in phaeohyphomycosis. Until now St. coccosporum has been described to be non-pathogenic. The pathogenicity of St. coccosporum was corroborated by experimental infection.
Fuchs
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Institute of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
Breuer
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Axman
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Zuckermann
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Kuttin
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Axmann
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D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases; D002415:Cats; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D008864:Microsporum; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013172:Spores, Fungal