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Disseminated histoplasmosis in a badger (Meles meles) in Denmark
Author(s) -
JENSEN H. E.,
BLOCH B.,
HENRIKSEN P.,
DIETZ H. H.,
SCHØNHEYDER H.,
KAUFMAN L.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1992.tb03970.x
Subject(s) - meles , badger , histoplasmosis , biology , medicine , virology , immunology , ecology
We report the first case of disseminated histoplasmosis in an animal in Scandinavia. Yeast cells compatible with those of Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum were found in the skin, liver, spleen, a kidney, and a lymph node of a wild badger ( Meles meles ). The diagnosis was confirmed by electron microscopy and immunofluorescence staining of the yeast cells in tissue sections.