Review of animal mycoses in Australia

Abstract

This review covers the available literature on the mycoses of animals in Australia since the last review published in 1967. Of the cutaneous infections, dermatophytoses have been recorded in a wide range of animals: cattle, horses, goats, pigs, sheep, cats, dogs, mice, guinea-pigs, rabbits, a lion, kangaroos, a camel, koalas and wallabies. These infections were caused by several species and varieties of the genera, Microsporum and Trichophyton. Eight agents of ringworms have been recorded in the horse. Two subcutaneous mycoses, phaeohyphomycosis and sporotrichosis have been reported. Phaeohyphomycosis is becoming more common but sporotrichosis is rare having been recorded only once in a cat. The following systemic mycoses have been recorded: adiaspiromycosis, aspergillosis, candidiasis, cryptococcosis, dactylariosis, fusariomycosis, histoplasmosis, miscellaneous mycoses, mycotic abortion and related conditions, zygomycosis, pythiosis, protothecosis and green algal infections. Cryptococcosis has affected 11 different animal species. Mycotic abortion is a serious disease in Victoria. Pythiosis of horses has been extensively studied in northern Australia.

Surto de Trichophyton equinum var. equinum em eqüinos no sul do Brasil

“…A doença nesses animais foi descrita pela primeira vez por Matruchot & Dassonoville em 1896(GEORG et al, 1957. Desde então, alguns relatos têm sido encontrados na literatura (LONDERO et al, 1963;RIET-CORREA et al, 1984;CONNOLE & PASCOE, 1984;CONNOLE, 1990). Embora esta espécie de dermatófito seja a principal causa da dermatofitose eqüina, outras também podem estar envolvidas, assim como Microsporum equinum, Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes e Trichophyton verrucosum (GEORG et al, 1957;FRASER et al, 1993;CABAÑES, 2000).…”

“…A Austrália é o país onde se encontra o maior número de relatos da enfermidade, porém, nesse local, a doença é causada principalmente pelo Trichophyton equinum var. autotrophicum (GEORG et al, 1957;CONNOLE, 1963;PASCOE, 1979;CONNOLE, 1990). No Brasil, a enfermidade foi diagnosticada pela primeira vez em eqüinos no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul por LONDERO et al (1963).…”

Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns of Opportunistic Fungi in the Genera Verruconis and Ochroconis

“…Pathology in Verruconis is restricted to V. gallopava, which is the main agent of human brain infections and is responsible for encephalitis in poultry and wild birds (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15), dogs (16), and cats (17). In contrast, Ochroconis species are mesophilic saprobes, with an optimum growth temperature between 15 and 30°C and an inability to grow at 37°C, which occasionally infect cold-blooded vertebrates (1,18).…”

Fatal encephalitis caused byOchroconis gallopavumin a domestic cat (Felis domesticus)

“…However, no clinical details were ever published. O. gallopavum is geographically widely distributed and is known to occur in Australia [2], South Africa [12], Japan [5], United Kingdom [9], and the United States [1,6-8, 10, 12, 13]. Known details of all of the avian outbreaks of encephalitis due to this agent have suggested the importance of environmental conditions favourable to the growth of this thermotolerant fungus.…”