Central Nervous System Mucormycosis Caused by Cunninghamella Bertholletiae in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Marcos Isidoro-Ayza; Lola Pérez; F. Javier Cabañes; Gemma Castellà; Marina Andrés; Enric Vidal; Mariano Domingo

doi:10.7589/2013-10-284

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1 July 2014 Central Nervous System Mucormycosis Caused by Cunninghamella Bertholletiae in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Marcos Isidoro-Ayza, Lola Pérez, F. Javier Cabañes, Gemma Castellà, Marina Andrés, Enric Vidal, Mariano Domingo

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 50(3):634-638 (2014). https://doi.org/10.7589/2013-10-284

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In May 2012, an adult, male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was found stranded and dead on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. At necropsy, several areas of malacia were macroscopically observed in the periventricular parenchyma of the cerebrum. Microscopically a severe, diffuse, pyogranulomatous, and necrotizing meningoencephalomyelitis was associated with numerous intralesional highly pleomorphic fungal structures. After culture, the fungus, Cunninghamella bertholletiae, was identified by culture and PCR. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of central nervous system mucormycosis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae in a cetacean.

Wildlife Disease Association 2014

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Marcos Isidoro-Ayza, Lola Pérez, F. Javier Cabañes, Gemma Castellà, Marina Andrés, Enric Vidal, and Mariano Domingo "Central Nervous System Mucormycosis Caused by Cunninghamella Bertholletiae in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 50(3), 634-638, (1 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.7589/2013-10-284

Received: 20 October 2013; Accepted: 1 January 2014; Published: 1 July 2014

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