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A case of Candida guilliermondii abortion in an Arab mare.

ABSTRACT: Ascending infections of equine uterus frequently result in placentitis and abortions; most of these infections are bacterial and are less commonly due to fungi. This report describes an abortion case in an Arab mare due to Candida guilliermondii that was diagnosed via cytological, histological, cultural and biomolecular assays. The histological lesions found were severe necrotizing placentitis associated with fetal pneumonia. To our knowledge this is the first case of C. guilliermondii abortion reported in equine species.

SUBMITTER: Stefanetti V

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3973842 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A case of Candida guilliermondii abortion in an Arab mare.

Stefanetti Valentina V Marenzoni Maria Luisa ML Lepri Elvio E Coletti Mauro M Casagrande Proietti Patrizia P Agnetti Francesco F Crotti Silvia S Pitzurra Lucia L Del Sero Andrea A Passamonti Fabrizio F

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Ascending infections of equine uterus frequently result in placentitis and abortions; most of these infections are bacterial and are less commonly due to fungi. This report describes an abortion case in an Arab mare due to Candida guilliermondii that was diagnosed via cytological, histological, cultural and biomolecular assays. The histological lesions found were severe necrotizing placentitis associated with fetal pneumonia. To our knowledge this is the first case of C. guilliermondii abortion ...[more]

PMID: 24707460

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A case of Candida guilliermondii abortion in an Arab mare.

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A case of Candida guilliermondii abortion in an Arab mare.

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