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Title: Pulmonary hyalohyphomycosis caused by Fusarium spp in a Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempi): an immunohistochemical study
Authors: Orós Montón, Jorge Ignacio 
Delgado, C.
Fernández, L. 
Jensen, H. E.
UNESCO Clasification: 240119 Zoología marina
240110 Histología animal
310903 Inmunología
Keywords: Fusarium
Hyalohyphomycosis
Immunohistochemistry
Lepidochelys kempi
Reptile, et al
Issue Date: 2004
Project: Proyecto I+D REN2000-1753 MAR
Journal: New Zealand Veterinary Journal 
Abstract: AIM: To describe the microscopic and immunohistochemical findings in a case of pulmonary hyalohyphomycosis in a Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempi). METHODS: Samples of lung, liver and kidney from a stranded, dead Kemp's ridley sea turtle were routinely processed for histopathological studies. Two monoclonal antibodies that reacted specifically with antigens of Aspergillus spp and the Mucorales (Zygomycetes) group, and a panel of polyclonal antibodies raised against Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida albicans, Geotrichum candidum, Fusarium solani, and Scedosporium apiospermum were used for immunohistochemical or immunofluorescence staining. RESULTS: Histologically, a severe multifocal granulomatous pneumonia associated with fungal infection was diagnosed. All hyphae were identified as Fusarium spp because a strong and uniform reactivity was obtained only with a heterologously-absorbed polyclonal antibody raised against somatic antigens of Fusarium solani. CONCLUSIONS: Fusarium spp should be included in the differential diagnosis of mycotic pneumonia in Kemp's ridley sea turtles. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This is the first report of a pulmonary mycotic infection in a sea turtle diagnosed using immunohistochemistry. Wildlife rehabilitators and pathologists should be aware of the availability of immunohistochemical techniques for identifying fungi in sea turtles.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/53263
ISSN: 0048-0169
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2004.36420
Source: New Zealand Veterinary Journal [ISSN 0048-0169], v. 52 (3), p. 150-152, (2004)
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