An atypical cause of sporotrichosis in a cat

Jeffrey Thomson; Darren J Trott; Richard Malik; Bradley Galgut; Milton M McAllister; Judith Nimmo; Doug Renton; Sarah E Kidd

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.01.004

An atypical cause of sporotrichosis in a cat

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2019 Jan 16:23:72-76. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.01.004. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Authors

Jeffrey Thomson¹, Darren J Trott¹, Richard Malik², Bradley Galgut³, Milton M McAllister¹, Judith Nimmo³, Doug Renton⁴, Sarah E Kidd⁵

Affiliations

¹ Australian Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Mudla Wirra Road, Roseworthy, SA 5371, Australia.
² Centre for Veterinary Education, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
³ ASAP Laboratories, 53 Glenvale Crescent, Mulgrave, VIC 3170, Australia.
⁴ Glenhuntly Road Veterinary Clinic, Glenhuntly Road, Glenhuntly, VIC 3163, Australia.
⁵ National Mycology Reference Centre, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, SA Pathology, Frome Road, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia.

Abstract

A nine-year-old domestic cat from Melbourne, Australia, presented with a non-ulcerated nodule on its nasal bridge. A fungal infection of the subcutis was diagnosed based on histopathology and culture of a white mould, which was identified as Sporothrix pallida complex by ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 and β-tubulin gene sequencing. The cat was treated by cytoreduction, itraconazole and subsequently posaconazole, which eventually resulted in regression of residual infected tissues and clinical resolution.

Keywords: Itraconazole; Posaconazole; Sporothrix pallida; Sporotrichosis.

Publication types

Case Reports