Phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei in a domestic cat

Authors: Butler S, Nuttal W, Woodgyer A
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 38, Issue 3, pp 123, Sep 1990
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cat, Companion animal
Subject Terms: Inflammation, Bacterial, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Integument/skin/wool/hair/fur/feather, Fungal/yeast
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: The term phaeohyphomycosis is applied to granulomatous nodules and abscesses usually single, usually involving only skin and subcutis and caused by species of soil and wood-dwelling fungi which produce dark (dematiaceous) hyphae and spores. In a recent publication, Ajello listed 71 species of dematiaceous fungi from 39 genera which have been found to cause phaeohyphomycosis in humans and in lower animals. There have been two published reports of feline phaeohyphomycosis in which the fungus Exophiala jeanselmei has been isolated, and in Australia the closely related E. spinifera has been isolated from a further two cases. There are a number of cases in the literature in which the diagnosis has been based solely on histopathology, which, although characteristic, gives no indication as to the identity of the fungus involved…

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