First case of feline cryptococcosis in Hong Kong, caused by Cryptococcus neoformans.

• 发表时间: Sep 2020
• 来源期刊: Med Mycol Case Rep
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.04.008
• PMID: 32477859
• 文章类型: Case Reports
• 作者列表: Almendros A,Muguiro DH,Hill FI,Barrs VR

关键词: Azole therapy; Basidiomycetous fungi; Cryptococcus neoformans; Histopathology; Lymphadenopathy

Abstract

A nine-year-old domestic short hair cat was presented for a nasal planum mass, nasal discharge, hyporexia and weight loss. On physical examination nasal proliferative and ulcerative lesions and submandibular lymphadenopathy were identified. Cytology, histopathology, fungal culture, antigen serology and MALDI-TOF confirmed cryptococcal rhinitis with regional mandibular lymph node involvement due to Cryptococcus neoformans infection. This is the first reported case of cryptococcosis in a feline patient in Hong Kong.