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ArticleVeterinary medicine and science2021

Systemic mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus microsporus in a captive bottlenose dolphin.

Lingling Chang, Yanping Qi, Yamian Wang, Chen-Hsuan Liu, Songbiao Chen, Bichen Miao, Dewen Tong

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Article in Veterinary medicine and science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lingling ChangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Yanping QiCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Yamian WangXi'an Qujiang Polar Ocean Park, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Chen-Hsuan LiuGraduate Institute of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Songbiao ChenCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Bichen MiaoCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Dewen TongCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2069-8306
Northwest A&F University · CNNational Taiwan University · TWXian Mental Health Center · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 6-year-old female bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) kept in dolphinarium died after a 3.5-month period of lethargy and inappetence despite antibiotics and supportive care. At necropsy, gross findings included diffuse varying-sized nodules in the lungs and scattered nodules throughout the heart, spleen, mesenteric and hilar lymph node and kidney. Microscopically, the lesions were characterised by disseminated fungal pyogranulomas with numerous intralesional Mucor-like fungi. The fungi structures were demonstrated by Periodic acid-Schiff and Gomori methenamine silver stain. Molecular analyses of the fungi were Rhizopus microsporus by PCR sequencing 18S ribosomal RNA gene. Ziehl-Neelsen stain failed to show acid-fast bacterial infection. Based on pathological and molecular examination, systemic granulomatous mucormycosis was diagnosed. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of systemic mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus microsporus in bottlenose dolphin.

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Bottle-Nosed DolphinMucormycosisAnimalsRhizopusbottlenose dolphinmucormycosispathologyRhizopus microsporus

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