First detection of adiaspiromycosis in the lungs of a deer.

ABSTRACT: Adiaspiromycosis is a pulmonary infection caused by the soil fungi, Emmonsia crescens and E. parva. It primarily affects small mammals and can range from an asymptomatic condition to fatal disseminated disease. We detected a granuloma containing fungal spherules, which were morphologically consistent with the adiaspores of E. crescens in the lungs of a female Hokkaido sika deer. This is the first reported case of adiaspiromycosis involving a cervid in the world.

SUBMITTER: Matsuda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4565823 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature