An approximately 4-yr-old female Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) was evaluated for chronic left-sided facial swelling and nasal discharge. Computed tomography, endoscopy, biopsy, mycologic culture, and panfungal polymerase chain reaction were consistent with destructive mycotic rhinosinusitis. The patient's infection was treated with a long-term injectable antibiotic, oral antifungal therapy, and multiple intranasal infusions of voriconazole suspended in a reverse thermodynamic pluronic gel. This case represents the first documented case of mycotic rhinosinusitis in a macropod and underlines the importance of advanced cross-sectional imaging in the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of nasal cavity disease in zoo animals.
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1 March 2018
TREATMENT OF MYCOTIC RHINOSINUSITIS IN A BENNETT'S WALLABY (MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS) USING TOPICAL VORICONAZOLE SUSPENDED IN A REVERSE THERMODYNAMIC PLURONIC GEL
Josephine Bryk Rose,
Sarah Davies,
Kadie M. Anderson,
Graeme S. Allan,
Patricia M. Dennis,
Richard Malik
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Bennett's wallaby
computed tomography
Macropus rufogriseus
mycotic rhinosinusitis
pluronic