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Trápaga MR, Poester VR, Mousquer MA, de Souza RP, Rafael LA, Bonel J, Melo AM, Reis AG, de Faria RO, Stevens DA, Nogueira CEW, Xavier MO. Systemic aspergillosis associated with acute enterocolitis in foals. J Mycol Med 2023; 33:101433. [PMID: 37708695 DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2023.101433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
Abstract
Aspergillosis is an uncommon disease in horses, but it can be fatal. We report two cases of systemic aspergillosis in foals that occurred in a short period in the same region of southern Brazil. In addition, a literature review of similar cases was also performed. Risk factors were attributed to an immunodepression by primary enterocolitis and corticosteroid treatment, the damage in the epithelium, and multiple antibacterial treatments, which allowed local fungal proliferation, tissue invasion and spread of infection, leading to death. Since the antemortem diagnosis of aspergillosis in foals is difficult, our report alerts equine veterinarians regarding the importance of suspecting and investigating fungal co-infections in complicated cases of enterocolitis.
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- Mariana Rodrigues Trápaga
- Laboratory of Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande, 96200-400 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil; Post-graduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande 96200-400 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande, 96200-400 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil; Post-graduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande 96200-400 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Hospital of Veterinary Clinics, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Hospital of Veterinary Clinics, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Hospital of Veterinary Clinics, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Hospital of Veterinary Clinics, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Hospital of Veterinary Clinics, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Hospital of Veterinary Clinics, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- California Institute for Medical Research, San Jose, California, United States; Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, California, United States
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- Laboratory of Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande, 96200-400 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil; Post-graduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande 96200-400 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Veiga IB, Hahn K, Wenker C, Wyss F, Mühlethaler K, Posthaus H, Jan Janzen. Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in a Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) Associated with Aspergillus fumigatus Infection. J Comp Pathol 2021; 184:19-23. [PMID: 33894873 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2021.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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We report necropsy findings in a captive 60-year-old female greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) that died suddenly following rupture of a pulmonary artery aneurysm. Histologically, there was focally extensive, intramural granulomatous inflammation with intralesional fungal hyphae, and adjacent severe mixed-cell inflammation and acute haemorrhage at the rupture site. Aspergillus fumigatus was identified as the aetiological agent following DNA PCR amplification and sequencing from paraffin-embedded pulmonary artery tissue sections. The most likely explanation is that this lesion was a consequence of haematogenous spread, secondary to mycotic pneumonia or aerosacculitis, following aspiration of A. fumigatus conidiospores. However, no further fungal-related lesions were observed on gross or histopathological examination.
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- Inês B Veiga
- Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Dressel S, Devaux D, Rosato G, Nuss K, Del Chicca F. Multimodality imaging characteristics of arterial aneurysm in a juvenile goat. VETERINARY RECORD CASE REPORTS 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/vetreccr-2020-001213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Susann Dressel
- Clinic for Diagnostic ImagingVetsuisse Faculty University of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
- Vetimage Diagnostik GmbHOberentfeldenSwitzerland
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- Department of Farm AnimalsVetsuisse Faculty University of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary PathologyVetsuisse Faculty University of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of Farm AnimalsVetsuisse Faculty University of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Clinic for Diagnostic ImagingVetsuisse Faculty University of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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Versnaeyen H, Saey V, Vermeiren D, Chiers K, Ducatelle R. Intermittent Haemoptysis due to an Aortobronchial Fistula in a Warmblood Mare. J Comp Pathol 2016; 155:213-217. [PMID: 27535296 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2016.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 07/03/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A 7-year-old warmblood mare showed sudden onset of mild intermittent haemoptysis. Clinical examination revealed no significant abnormalities. Haematological examination showed mild anaemia, hypoalbuminaemia and neutrophilia. Coagulation tests were normal. Endoscopic examination revealed unilateral pulmonary haemorrhage with blood clots in the bronchi and trachea. Treatment with antibiotics was started and the horse was given stable rest. Two weeks later, the horse was found dead with blood and frothy sputum leaking from the nostrils. Post-mortem examination revealed a large thoracic aortic aneurysm communicating with a pseudoaneurysm that had formed a fistula into a right bronchial branch. Microscopical examination of the aneurysm showed extensive medial fibrosis with prominent degeneration, fragmentation and mineralization of the elastic fibres and deposition of mucoid material in the tunica media. The pseudoaneurysm was lined by collagen bundles admixed with fibroblasts and a small amount of adipose tissue. Aortobronchial fistula is a rare condition in man that is usually associated with primary aortic pathology, most often aneurysms. To the authors' knowledge this is the first case of a fatal aortobronchial fistula in a horse or any other animal species.
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- H Versnaeyen
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium
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- Veterinary Practice, Perbeemd, Sint-Lenaartseweg 67, Loenhout, Belgium
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium
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Diel de Amorim M, Nielsen K, McKell B, Huang Y, Card C. Aortic rupture causing cardiac tamponade in a 24-day-old Friesian colt with concurrent colonic Chlamydiosisand Balantidiasis. EQUINE VET EDUC 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/eve.12402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- M. Diel de Amorim
- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences; Western College of Veterinary Medicine; University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon Canada
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- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences; Western College of Veterinary Medicine; University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon Canada
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- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences; Western College of Veterinary Medicine; University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon Canada
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- Prairie Diagnostic Services Inc.; Saskatoon Canada
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- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences; Western College of Veterinary Medicine; University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon Canada
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LLABRÉS-DÍAZ FRANCISCOJ, BRISSOT HERVÉ, IBARROLA PATRICIA. IMAGING DIAGNOSIS-CELIAC ARTERY PSEUDOANEURYSM ASSOCIATED WITH A MIGRATING GRASS AWN. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2010; 51:508-11. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2010.01704.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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