Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with jejunal perforation had rare fungus Cokeromyces recurvatus
By Nielsen, Cheri et al.·Published in Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc·2005·Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Isolation of Cokeromyces recurvatus, initially misidentified as Coccidioides immitis, from peritoneal fluid in a cat with jejunal perforation.
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Plain-English summary
A cat with a serious intestinal issue was found to have a fungal infection after surgery for a perforated intestine caused by cancer. The fungus, Cokeromyces recurvatus, was discovered in the fluid from the cat's abdomen. This type of fungus had never been seen in a veterinary patient before and can be confused with other similar fungi. The cat's treatment involved addressing both the cancer and the infection, but the outcome details were not provided.
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Abstract
Cokeromyces recurvatus, a zygomycete, was isolated by fungal culture from the peritoneal fluid of a cat with jejunal perforation secondary to intestinal lymphosarcoma. This organism has not been recovered previously from a veterinary patient. The tissue form of C. recurvatus is morphologically similar to those of Coccidioides immitis and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and may be misdiagnosed as 1 of these organisms on the basis of cytologic or histopathologic specimens, particularly in geographic regions where these organisms are not endemic.
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