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Phycomycosis in a dog
Author(s) -
ENGLISH P. B.,
FROST A. J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1984.tb06014.x
Subject(s) - pathology , biopsy , zygomycosis , mitosporic fungi , skin biopsy , incidence (geometry) , hypha , lymph node , pathogenesis , lymph node biopsy , medicine , biology , dermatology , amphotericin b , antifungal , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , optics
SUMMARY A case of phycomycosis, with skin lesions, in a dog is reported. Hyphomyces destruens (Pythium gracile) was identified from aspirate collected from a regional lymph node, and characteristic hyphae were seen in stained sections of a biopsy specimen of affected skin. Incidence, pathogenesis and therapy are discussed.