Rhizopusmycosis in a harbor porpoise from the Baltic Sea.
A case of systemic mycosis due to a Rhizopus sp. infection is described in a dead-stranded, 10-yr-old, male harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) found on the beach of Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein on the Baltic Sea (Germany). At necropsy, granulomatous mycotic lesions in brain, lung, kidneys, testis, and draining lymph nodes were found. In addition, a focal ulcerative gastritis of the first stomach, due to a nematode infection, was present and is suspected to be the portal of entry for the fungus.
Wünschmann
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Institut für Veterinär-Pathologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany.
Siebert
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Weiss
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D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005858:Germany; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D019576:Porpoises; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012623:Seawater; D013737:Testis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology