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Two Cases of Lacaziosis in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Japan
Joint Authors
Izumisawa, Yasuharu
Yamate, Jyoji
Tanaka, Miyuu
Miyahara, Hirokazu
Chibana, Hiroji
Itano Nakagawa, Eiko
Ueda, Keiichi
Sano, Ayako
Kuwamura, Mitsuru
Uchida, Senzo
Izawa, Takeshi
Hasegawa, Yuko
Source
Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-09-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Lacaziosis, formerly called lobomycosis, caused by Lacazia loboi, is a zoonotic mycosis found in humans and dolphins and is endemic in the countries on the Atlantic Ocean.
Although the Japanese coast is not considered an endemic area, photographic records of lacaziosis-like skin lesions were found in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) that were migrating in the Goto Islands (Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan).
We diagnosed 2 cases of lacaziosis in bottlenose dolphins captured simultaneously at the same coast within Japanese territory on the basis of clinical characteristics, cytology, histopathology, immunological tests, and detection of partial sequences of a 43 kDa glycoprotein coding gene (gp43) with a nested-PCR system.
The granulomatous skin lesions from the present cases were similar to those found in animals from endemic areas, containing multiple budding and chains of round yeast cells and positive in the immune-staining with anti-Paracoccidioides brasiliensis serum which is a fungal species related to L.
loboi; however, the gp43 gene sequences derived from the present cases showed 94.1% homology to P.
brasiliensis and 84.1% to L.
loboi.
We confirmed that the causative agent at the present cases was different genotype of L.
loboi from Amazon area.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ueda, Keiichi& Sano, Ayako& Yamate, Jyoji& Itano Nakagawa, Eiko& Kuwamura, Mitsuru& Izawa, Takeshi…[et al.]. 2013. Two Cases of Lacaziosis in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Japan. Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463109
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ueda, Keiichi…[et al.]. Two Cases of Lacaziosis in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Japan. Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ueda, Keiichi& Sano, Ayako& Yamate, Jyoji& Itano Nakagawa, Eiko& Kuwamura, Mitsuru& Izawa, Takeshi…[et al.]. Two Cases of Lacaziosis in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Japan. Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463109
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-463109