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Brain and lung cryptococcoma and concurrent corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in a goat: a case report
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Autores: Luvizotto,MCR; Carreira,VS; Ferrari,HF; Ribeiro,D; Vallim,MA; Azevedo,V; Cardoso,TC.
A four-year-old male goat with a history of neurological disorder was euthanized. It presented uncommon nodules in the brain and lungs associated with multiple abscesses, predominantly in the spleen and liver. Histological examination of brain and lung sections revealed yeast forms confirmed to be Cryptococcus gattii after a combination of isolation and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedures. Moreover, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection was diagnosed by PCR of samples from the lung, spleen and liver. The present report highlights the rare concurrent infection of C. gatti and C. pseudotuberculosis in an adult goat from São Paulo state, Brazil, and indicates the necessity of surveillance in the treatment of goats with atypical pulmonary...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Cryptococcus gattii; Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis; Meningoencephalitis; Goat.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992009000300015