title: A suggested pathogenic role for Trichosporon montevideense in a case of Onychomycosis in a Japanese monkey.
abstract: Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of fingernails or toenails caused by several species of fungi and yeasts. A Japanese monkey, Macaca fuscata, displayed severe onychomycosis in his 4 limbs. Diagnosis and etiological agent identification were performed by conventional and DNA-mediated methods. The accumulated findings of this case revealed Trichosporon montevideense, which has long been considered to be a nonpathogenic yeast. Here, we present the first report of an involvement of T. montevideense in an onychomycosis case.
authors: Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology, 359 Otsuka, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0395, Japan.
authors: Mohamed Mahdi
authors: MM
authors: Alshahni
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Makimura
authors: Kazuo
authors: K
authors: Satoh
authors: Yumiko
authors: Y
authors: Ishihara
authors: Kosuke
authors: K
authors: Takatori
authors: Tohru
authors: T
authors: Kimura
authors: Takuo
authors: T
authors: Sawada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008251:Macaca; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*