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− | ==Candidosis==
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− | *Caused by [[Fungi|''Candida'' spp.]]
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− | *Noramlly present on skin and in [[Alimentary - Anatomy & Physiology|GI tract]]
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− | *Immunocompromised animals may show symptoms
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− | *Usually lesions on mucous membranes and at mucocutaneous junctions
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− | *Grossly:
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− | **Exudative, papular, pustular to ulcerative dermatitis
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− | **Stomatitis and otitis externa may develop
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− | *Microscopically:
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− | **Spongiotic neutrophilic pustular inflammation
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− | **Parakeratosis
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− | **Ulcerations
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− | **Superficial exudate containing organisms
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− | ==Cryptococcosis==
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− | ==Geotrichosis==
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− | ==''Malassezia pachydermidis''==
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− | *Caused by [[Fungi|''Malassezia pachydermatis'']]
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− | *Normally present in oily areas on the external ear canal and skin in dogs
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− | **Some strains have been recovered from the ear canal of cats
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− | *Bottle-shaped, small budding cells, non-mycelial
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− | *Gram stain shows purple yeast cells with a very wide base
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− | *Grow on Sabouraud's Dextrose agar in 2 weeks of incubation at room temperature
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− | *Greenish discolouration on blood agar
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− | *Clinical disease may cause yeast to proliferate and cause infection
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− | *Grossly:
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− | **Regional lesions: muzzle, ears, interdigital, perianal
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− | **Or generalised disease
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− | **Erythematous, hyperpigmented, [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|lichenified]] and scaly lesions with alopecia
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− | *Microscopically:
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− | **[[Skin Glossary - Pathology|hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis]]
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− | **Spongiotic pustular dermatitis
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− | **[[Skin Glossary - Pathology|Acanthosis]]
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− | **Organisms are usually present, minimum 3-5 yeasts per high-power field must be found to imply cause of disease
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− | ==''Rhodotorula''==
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− | *''Rhodotorula minuta'' and ''R. rubra''
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− | *Canine ear infections
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− | *Equine uterus
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− | *Seldom seen in animal infections
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− | ==''Torulopsis glabrata''==
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− | *Commensal in animals and is found in the soil
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− | *Implicated in cases of:
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− | **Pyelonephritis, pneumonia, septicaemia and meningitis (humans)
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− | **Mastitis and abortion in cattle
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− | **Systemic infection of monkeys and dogs
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− | ==Trichosporonosis==
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− | *Found in soil
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− | *Deuteromycetes yeast
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− | *''Trichosporonosis beigelii''
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− | **Implicated in feline nasal granuloma, [[Mycotic skin infections - Pathology#Superficial mycoses|skin infections]] in horses and monkeys, mastitis in cattle and sheep and in feline bladder infections
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− | *''T. capitum'' implicated in bovine mastitis
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− | ==Further Links==
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− | *[[Mycotic skin infections - Pathology]]
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− | *''Cryptococcus neoformans'' causes granulomatous [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of rhinitis|rhinitis]] in cats, see [[Respiratory Fungal Infections - Pathology#In Cats|respiratory infections]]
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− | * ''Candida'' is an opportunistic pathogen at mucus membranes, causing thrush.
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− | *''Blastomyces dermatitidis'' in [[Respiratory Fungal Infections - Pathology#Blastomycosis|blastomycosis in lungs]]
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− | *''Histoplasma capsulatum'' in [[Respiratory Fungal Infections - Pathology#Histoplasmosis|histoplasmosis in lungs]]
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− | *''Candida'' spp. in [[Mycotic skin infections - Pathology#Candidiasis|candidiasis]]
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− | *''Malassezia pachydermis'' in [[Mycotic skin infections - Pathology#Malassezia dermatitis|malassezia dermatitis]]
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