First detection of adiaspiromycosis in the lungs of a deer

Kazuya MATSUDA; Hinako NIKI; Airo YUKAWA; Mitsuhiro YANAGI; Kousaku SOUMA; Takayoshi MASUKO; Hiroyuki TANIYAMA

doi:10.1292/jvms.15-0083

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First detection of adiaspiromycosis in the lungs of a deer

Kazuya MATSUDA, Hinako NIKI, Airo YUKAWA, Mitsuhiro YANAGI, Kousaku SOUMA, Takayoshi MASUKO, Hiroyuki TANIYAMA

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Kazuya MATSUDA
Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069–8501, Japan
Hinako NIKI
Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069–8501, Japan
Airo YUKAWA
Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069–8501, Japan
Mitsuhiro YANAGI
Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069–8501, Japan
Kousaku SOUMA
Department of Bioproduction, Faculty of Bioindustry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Abashiri, Hokkaido 099–2493, Japan
Takayoshi MASUKO
Department of Bioproduction, Faculty of Bioindustry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Abashiri, Hokkaido 099–2493, Japan
Hiroyuki TANIYAMA
Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069–8501, Japan

Keywords: adiaspiromycosis, Emmonsia crescens, Hokkaido sika deer

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2015 Volume 77 Issue 8 Pages 981-983

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0083

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Abstract

Adiaspiromycosis is a pulmonary infection caused by the soil fungi, Emmonsia crescens and E. parva. It primarily affects small mammals and can range from an asymptomatic condition to fatal disseminated disease. We detected a granuloma containing fungal spherules, which were morphologically consistent with the adiaspores of E. crescens in the lungs of a female Hokkaido sika deer. This is the first reported case of adiaspiromycosis involving a cervid in the world.

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