1. First case of feline cryptococcosis in Hong Kong, caused by Cryptococcus neoformans
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Angel Almendros, Fraser I. Hill, Daniela H. Muguiro, and Vanessa R. Barrs
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,030231 tropical medicine ,030106 microbiology ,Lymphadenopathy ,Histopathology ,Case Report ,Azole therapy ,Physical examination ,Microbiology ,Serology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cytology ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Cryptococcus neoformans ,lcsh:R5-920 ,biology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Basidiomycetous fungi ,Domestic Short Hair Cat ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Mandibular lymph node ,Infectious Diseases ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Cryptococcosis ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,business - Abstract
A nine-year-old domestic short hair cat was presented for a nasal planum mass, nasal discharge, hyporexia and weight loss. On physical examination nasal proliferative and ulcerative lesions and submandibular lymphadenopathy were identified. Cytology, histopathology, fungal culture, antigen serology and MALDI-TOF confirmed cryptococcal rhinitis with regional mandibular lymph node involvement due to Cryptococcus neoformans infection. This is the first reported case of cryptococcosis in a feline patient in Hong Kong.
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- 2020
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