Systemic mycoses of two cats

Authors: McCausland P
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 20, Issue 1-2, pp 10-12, Jan 1972
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cat, Companion animal
Subject Terms: Fungal/yeast, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Bacterial
Article class: Clinical Communication

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Abstract: Most reports of systemic mycosis in cats describe local or generalized infection by the yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. Eight reports were reviewed by Cordes and Royal ( 1967), and at least another three have been published since then (Okoski and Hasegawa, 1968; Campbell et al 1970; Clark and Roubin, 1970). Two other yeasts, Histoplasma capsulatum and Blastomyces dermatiditis, have been reported as causing pneumonia in cats (Akun, 1950; Sheldon, 1966). All of these yeasts are recognized pathogens, often primary, in man and animals. Other systemic mycoses reported in the cat include pneumonia associated with Aspergillus spp. (Sautter et al 1955; Pakes et al 1967) and enteritis associated with Candida albicans (Schiefer and Weiss, 1959; Schiefer, 1965; Langheinrich and Nielsen, 1971), and Aspergillus spp. (Schiefer, 1965). These fungi are generally commensal except in the presence of a primary debilitating condition. This report describes pneumonia associated with a fungus which resembled Aspergillus spp. and enteritis associated with a fungus which resembled Candida spp.

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