Coccidioidomycosis in a cat imported from the USA to Portugal

Amorim, Irina; Colimão, M. J.; Cortez, P. P.; Dias‐Pereira, Patrícia

doi:10.1136/vr.d4225

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“…Animal-to-animal transmission requires direct contact, such as handling infected animals at the clinic or direct inoculation with infected material [ 61 ], which occurs in an animal bite [ 62 ]. This concept is supported by the work of Lacy and Swatek [ 11 ] who reported on the finding of viable spherules in the tissue and secretion of animals.…”

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The habitat of Coccidioides spp. and the role of animals as reservoirs and disseminators in nature

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BackgroundCoccidioidomycosis, a potentially fatal fungal infection, is considered an emergent mycotic disease because of the increased incidence of fungal infections registered over recent years. Infection occurs through the inhalation of arthroconidia from two main species of Coccidioides: Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii, which are both endemic to arid and semi-arid regions of North America. Coccidioides species not only infect humans but can also infect other mammals (land, aquatic, wild or domestic), reptiles and birds.ObjectiveTo obtain information regarding the habitat of Coccidioides spp. and the animals infected by this fungus and to identify the role that infected animals play as reservoirs and disseminators of this fungus in nature.MaterialsA literature review was conducted to identify the habitat of Coccidioides spp. and the infected non-human animal species targeted by this fungus.Results and conclusionsThis review allows us to suggest that Coccidioides spp. may be classified as halotolerant organisms; nevertheless, to perpetuate their life cycle, these organisms depend on different animal species (reservoirs) that serve as a link with the environment, by acting as disseminators of the fungi in nature.

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The habitat of Coccidioides spp. and the role of animals as reservoirs and disseminators in nature

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“…These diseases are endemic in some areas of the Americas, but in recent years more cases have been reported from non-endemic areas. 1–5 At risk are mainly outdoor, free-roaming cats with access to fungal organisms in the soil. 1 However, an outbreak of blastomycosis has been reported in an urban non-endemic area (Chicago, Illinois), in five indoor cats; unusual drought was suggested as the most likely cause.…”

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