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Sidrim, José Júlio Costa; Carvalho, Vitor Luz; Maia, Débora Castelo Branco de Souza Collares; Brilhante, Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira; Meirelles, Ana Carolina Oliveira de; Silva, Cristine Pereira Negrão; Cordeiro, Rossana de Aguiar; Moreira, José Luciano Bezerra; Bandeira, Tereza de Jesus Pinheiro Gomes; Rocha, Marcos Fábio Gadelha
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Bipolaris hawaiiensis as an emerging cause of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis in an Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 113(1): 69-73. 3 figs. DOI: 10.3354/dao02827. Feb. 10, 2015.
–ABSTRACT: Phaeohyphomycoses are emerging and opportunistic diseases caused by dematiaceous fungi that infect many animal species. This paper describes a case of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis in an Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus caused by Bipolaris hawaiiensis. Blackish skin lesions were observed in an Antillean manatee calf held captive in Brazil. Direct examination of skin scraping from the affected areas revealed the presence of dematious hyphae. Culture of skin fragments led to the isolation and subsequent identification of B. hawaiiensis as the etiologic agent. Treatment with itraconazole for 14 d was effective. Infections by Bipolaris spp. are rare in animals, and this is the first report of B. hawaiiensis in veterinary medicine.
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