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Headley SA, Pimentel LA, Michelazzo MZ, Toma HS, Pretto-Giordano LG, Marcasso RA, Amude AM, Oliveira TE, Santos MD, Krockenberger M. Pathologic, histochemical, and immunohistochemical findings in pulmonary and encephalitic cryptococcosis in a goat. J Vet Diagn Invest 2018; 31:69-73. [PMID: 30541419 DOI: 10.1177/1040638718816358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
We describe the pathologic, histochemical, and immunohistochemical findings associated with pulmonary and encephalitic cryptococcosis in a 3-y-old, mixed-breed, nanny goat from central-west Brazil. The goat had progressive neurologic signs over 30 d; cryptococcosis was diagnosed antemortem by cytologic evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid. Treatment was initiated, but the animal died spontaneously shortly thereafter. Grossly, there was a large space-occupying gelatinous mass (cryptococcoma) in the left lung and smaller masses in the cerebral temporal and frontal cortex, thalamus, hippocampus, basal nuclei, and mesencephalon with consequent internal hydrocephalus. Histologic evaluation revealed marked granulomatous cryptococcal pneumonia and meningoencephalitis. Intralesional narrow-necked budding cryptococcal yeasts were identified on special stains (Mayer mucicarmine and Grocott methenamine silver) in sections of lung and brain. Immunohistochemistry utilizing a panel of monoclonal antibodies that selectively label capsules of Cryptococcus spp. was consistent with C. neoformans var. grubii.
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Affiliation(s)
- Selwyn A Headley
- Laboratories of Animal Pathology (Headley, Michelazzo, Oliveira), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Mycology (Pretto-Giordano), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Sector of Veterinary Pathology, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil (Pimentel).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Headley, Pimentel, Toma, Amude, Santos).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil (Marcasso).,Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Australia (Krockenberger)
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- Laboratories of Animal Pathology (Headley, Michelazzo, Oliveira), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Mycology (Pretto-Giordano), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Sector of Veterinary Pathology, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil (Pimentel).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Headley, Pimentel, Toma, Amude, Santos).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil (Marcasso).,Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Australia (Krockenberger)
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- Laboratories of Animal Pathology (Headley, Michelazzo, Oliveira), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Mycology (Pretto-Giordano), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Sector of Veterinary Pathology, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil (Pimentel).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Headley, Pimentel, Toma, Amude, Santos).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil (Marcasso).,Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Australia (Krockenberger)
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- Laboratories of Animal Pathology (Headley, Michelazzo, Oliveira), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Mycology (Pretto-Giordano), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Sector of Veterinary Pathology, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil (Pimentel).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Headley, Pimentel, Toma, Amude, Santos).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil (Marcasso).,Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Australia (Krockenberger)
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- Laboratories of Animal Pathology (Headley, Michelazzo, Oliveira), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Mycology (Pretto-Giordano), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Sector of Veterinary Pathology, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil (Pimentel).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Headley, Pimentel, Toma, Amude, Santos).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil (Marcasso).,Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Australia (Krockenberger)
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- Laboratories of Animal Pathology (Headley, Michelazzo, Oliveira), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Mycology (Pretto-Giordano), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Sector of Veterinary Pathology, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil (Pimentel).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Headley, Pimentel, Toma, Amude, Santos).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil (Marcasso).,Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Australia (Krockenberger)
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- Laboratories of Animal Pathology (Headley, Michelazzo, Oliveira), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Mycology (Pretto-Giordano), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Sector of Veterinary Pathology, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil (Pimentel).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Headley, Pimentel, Toma, Amude, Santos).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil (Marcasso).,Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Australia (Krockenberger)
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- Laboratories of Animal Pathology (Headley, Michelazzo, Oliveira), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Mycology (Pretto-Giordano), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Sector of Veterinary Pathology, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil (Pimentel).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Headley, Pimentel, Toma, Amude, Santos).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil (Marcasso).,Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Australia (Krockenberger)
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- Laboratories of Animal Pathology (Headley, Michelazzo, Oliveira), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Mycology (Pretto-Giordano), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Sector of Veterinary Pathology, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil (Pimentel).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Headley, Pimentel, Toma, Amude, Santos).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil (Marcasso).,Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Australia (Krockenberger)
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- Laboratories of Animal Pathology (Headley, Michelazzo, Oliveira), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Mycology (Pretto-Giordano), Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Sector of Veterinary Pathology, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil (Pimentel).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Headley, Pimentel, Toma, Amude, Santos).,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil (Marcasso).,Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Australia (Krockenberger)
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Hagen F, Khayhan K, Theelen B, Kolecka A, Polacheck I, Sionov E, Falk R, Parnmen S, Lumbsch HT, Boekhout T. Recognition of seven species in the Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus neoformans species complex. Fungal Genet Biol 2015; 78:16-48. [PMID: 25721988 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 460] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Revised: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Phylogenetic analysis of 11 genetic loci and results from many genotyping studies revealed significant genetic diversity with the pathogenic Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus neoformans species complex. Genealogical concordance, coalescence-based, and species tree approaches supported the presence of distinct and concordant lineages within the complex. Consequently, we propose to recognize the current C. neoformans var. grubii and C. neoformans var. neoformans as separate species, and five species within C. gattii. The type strain of C. neoformans CBS132 represents a serotype AD hybrid and is replaced. The newly delimited species differ in aspects of pathogenicity, prevalence for patient groups, as well as biochemical and physiological aspects, such as susceptibility to antifungals. MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry readily distinguishes the newly recognized species.
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- Ferry Hagen
- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Basidiomycete and Yeast Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Basidiomycete and Yeast Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Phayao, Phayao, Thailand
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Basidiomycete and Yeast Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Basidiomycete and Yeast Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Food Quality & Safety, Institute for Postharvest and Food Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nir-David, Israel
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
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- CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Basidiomycete and Yeast Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Medical Mycology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China; Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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