Isolation of Cokeromyces recurvatus, initially misidentified as Coccidioides immitis, from peritoneal fluid in a cat with jejunal perforation.
Cokeromyces recurvatus, a zygomycete, was isolated by fungal culture from the peritoneal fluid of a cat with jejunal perforation secondary to intestinal lymphosarcoma. This organism has not been recovered previously from a veterinary patient. The tissue form of C. recurvatus is morphologically similar to those of Coccidioides immitis and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and may be misdiagnosed as 1 of these organisms on the basis of cytologic or histopathologic specimens, particularly in geographic regions where these organisms are not endemic.
Nielsen
Cheri
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Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
Sutton
Deanna A
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Matise
Ilze
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Kirchhof
Nicole
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Libal
Melissa C
MC
D000818:Animals; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D003045:Coccidioides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009090:Mucorales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*