Systemic mucormycosis caused by Lichtheimia ramosa in a pregnant cow
Mucormycosis is a life-threatening fungal disease caused by opportunistic pathogens present in the environment. This report presents a case of a Lichtheimia ramosa infection that manifested as characteristic lesions in various visceral organs of a pregnant cow in Korea. The post-mortem examination r...
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Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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| author | Kyunghyun Lee Hyunju Kim Junhyung Sohn ByungJae So Eun-Jin Choi |
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| description | Mucormycosis is a life-threatening fungal disease caused by opportunistic pathogens present in the environment. This report presents a case of a Lichtheimia ramosa infection that manifested as characteristic lesions in various visceral organs of a pregnant cow in Korea. The post-mortem examination revealed the cause of death to be mucormycosis. The fungi isolated from the liver were found to be Lichtheimia spp. Analysis of the fungi using Internal Transcribed Spacer gene sequencing facilitated the identification of Lichtheimia ramosa. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first clinical case of angioinvasive mucormycosis in cattle. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8466d37d87e94740b50a992b327281f42023-02-23T03:50:59ZengCzech Academy of Agricultural SciencesVeterinární Medicína0375-84271805-93922020-11-01651150651010.17221/8/2020-VETMEDvet-202011-0006Systemic mucormycosis caused by Lichtheimia ramosa in a pregnant cowKyunghyun Lee0Hyunju Kim1Junhyung Sohn2ByungJae So3Eun-Jin Choi4Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Republic of KoreaAnimal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Republic of KoreaVeterinary Service Laboratory, Daegu, Republic of KoreaAnimal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Republic of KoreaAnimal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon, Republic of KoreaMucormycosis is a life-threatening fungal disease caused by opportunistic pathogens present in the environment. This report presents a case of a Lichtheimia ramosa infection that manifested as characteristic lesions in various visceral organs of a pregnant cow in Korea. The post-mortem examination revealed the cause of death to be mucormycosis. The fungi isolated from the liver were found to be Lichtheimia spp. Analysis of the fungi using Internal Transcribed Spacer gene sequencing facilitated the identification of Lichtheimia ramosa. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first clinical case of angioinvasive mucormycosis in cattle.https://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/vet-202011-0006_systemic-mucormycosis-caused-by-x202f-lichtheimia-ramosa-in-x202f-a-pregnant-cow.phpcattlefungal diseaseangiovasiveinternal transcribed spacer |
| spellingShingle | Kyunghyun Lee Hyunju Kim Junhyung Sohn ByungJae So Eun-Jin Choi Systemic mucormycosis caused by Lichtheimia ramosa in a pregnant cow Veterinární Medicína cattle fungal disease angiovasive internal transcribed spacer |
| title | Systemic mucormycosis caused by Lichtheimia ramosa in a pregnant cow |
| title_full | Systemic mucormycosis caused by Lichtheimia ramosa in a pregnant cow |
| title_fullStr | Systemic mucormycosis caused by Lichtheimia ramosa in a pregnant cow |
| title_full_unstemmed | Systemic mucormycosis caused by Lichtheimia ramosa in a pregnant cow |
| title_short | Systemic mucormycosis caused by Lichtheimia ramosa in a pregnant cow |
| title_sort | systemic mucormycosis caused by lichtheimia ramosa in a pregnant cow |
| topic | cattle fungal disease angiovasive internal transcribed spacer |
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