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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2004, p. 4901-4903, Vol. 42, No. 10
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4901-4903.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Eumycetoma Caused by Cladophialophora bantiana in a Dog

J. Guillot,1* D. Garcia-Hermoso,2 F. Degorce,3 M. Deville,1 C. Calvié,4 G. Dickelé,5 F. Delisle,6 and R. Chermette1

Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, UMR BIPAR,1 Centre de Radiothérapie et Scanner, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort,6 Centre National de Référence Mycologie et Antifongiques, Institut Pasteur, Paris,2 Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique Vétérinaire du Sud-Ouest, Toulouse,3 Clinique Vétérinaire de la Vieille Poste,4 Clinique Vétérinaire de Celleneuve, Montpellier, France5

Received 19 April 2004/ Accepted 29 May 2004

We report a case of eumycetoma due to Cladophialophora bantiana in a 3-year-old male Siberian Husky living in France. The dog presented a tumefaction on the thorax and deformity of the second and third subjacent ribs, which were surgically removed. Macroscopic black granules were visible on the ribs, and direct microscopic examination revealed their fungal origin. Cultures yielded pure colonies of C. bantiana. The identification of the causative agent was confirmed after amplification and sequence analysis of fungal internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 and 5.8S ribosomal DNA regions. Surgery and antifungal treatment with oral itraconazole associated with flucytosine allowed apparent cure after a 10-month follow-up. Envenomation with pine processionary caterpillars (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) and subsequently intensive corticotherapy were considered as possible predisposing factors. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first case in which C. bantiana is identified as the causative agent of eumycetoma.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, UMR BIPAR, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort 94704, France. Phone: 33 1 43 96 71 57. Fax: 33 1 43 75 35 07. E-mail: jguillot{at}vet-alfort.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2004, p. 4901-4903, Vol. 42, No. 10
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4901-4903.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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