An unusual case of cutaneous feline pythiosis.

ABSTRACT: Pythiosis is frequently reported in dogs and horses inhabiting tropical, subtropical and temperate areas of the USA, but the disease is rare in domestic cats. The clinical presentation of feline pythiosis includes subcutaneous masses without ulcerated tissue and involvement of the intestinal tract. Here in we report an eight-week-old female unvaccinated stray kitten with an unusual extensive circular ulcerated lesion on her left flank. The lesion did not respond favorably to administration of systemic antibiotics. Clinical specimens submitted for culture demonstrated submerged fungal-like flat colonies later identified as Pythium insidiosum, a finding also confirmed by histopathology, serology, and DNA sequencing and thus, treated with itraconazole. Since no improvement was observed

SUBMITTER: Dowst M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6849338 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature