A CASE OF TRYCHOPHYTON RUBRUM DERMATOPHYTOSIS IN A PATAGONIAN SEA LION (OTARIA BYRONIA).
A 23-yr old female Patagonian sea lion (Otaria byronia) presented multifocal to coalescing and ulcerative skin lesions on the lumbar region. Skin scrapings were collected and a microscopic examination was conducted followed by a fungal culture that revealed a Trychophyton rubrum infection, an anthropophilic dermatophytosis agent. Oral terbinafine and topical eniconazole were used as a treatment for a period of 75 days and complete recovery was achieved. Epidemiological analysis revealed a dermatophytosis case in one of the carnivore section keepers a few weeks before the lesions were diagnosed in the sea lion.
Benoît
B
Quintard
Caroline
C
Lohmann
Brice
B
Lefaux
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D046070:Sea Lions; D000077291:Terbinafine; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D007093:Imidazoles; D009281:Naphthalenes; C017435:enilconazole; D000077291:Terbinafine
Dermatophytosis; Otaria byronia; Patagonian sea lion; Trychophyton rubrum; terbinafine; zoonosis