title: Penicilliosis in an African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus).
abstract: Penicillium mycosis, or penicilliosis, is rare in animals. This report describes the clinical signs and pathological, immunohistochemical, and biomolecular findings in a case of avian penicilliosis in a Congo African grey parrot. On gross necropsy, pyogranulomatous changes were identified in the lung, liver, and kidney. Histopathology demonstrated periodic acid Schiff-(PAS) and Grocott-positive hyphae in these tissues. Immunohistochemistry confirmed the genus of the fungus and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed a high homology with Penicillium chrysogenum.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria, Facoltá di Medicina Veterinaria, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy. lanterig@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lanteri
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sfacteria
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Macri
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reale
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D009181:Mycoses / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010311:Parrots; D010407:Penicillium / Q000302:isolation & purification*