Bacterial pseudomycetoma in dwarf hamster, Phodopus sungorus.
A case of a dwarf hamster with two progressively growing nodules on the right fore limb is described. These were excised following ineffective medical treatment and were submitted for histopathological examination, which revealed bacterial pseudomycetoma in both nodules. To the authors' knowledge this is the first reported case of bacterial pseudomycetoma in a dwarf hamster.
Martorell
Jaime
J
Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. jaumemiquel.martorell@uab.es
Gallifa
Nuria
N
Fondevila
Dolors
D
Rabanal
Rosa M
RM
D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005552:Forelimb; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery