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New Filamentous Fungus Sagenomella chlamydospora Responsible for a Disseminated Infection in a Dog

Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43201 Reus,¹ Laboratorio de Micología Clínica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain²

Received 30 September 2002/ Returned for modification 27 November 2002/ Accepted 2 January 2003

A filamentous fungus that caused a fatal systemic infection in a dog has been identified as the new species Sagenomella chlamydospora. When the case was initially reported, the fungus was identified as Paecilomyces sp. This study emphasizes how difficult can be the identification of the causative agent of an infection when an uncommon microorganism is involved. This is the first time that this genus has been involved in animal infections, including humans.