Abstract
A 3-year-old neutered male Bengal cat with a history of chronic mucopurulent bilateral nasal discharge and sneezing was diagnosed with severe fungal rhinosinusitis. A diagnosis was obtained after computer tomography imaging, histopathological examination and fungal culture. The mold Scedosporium apiospermum was identified as the aetiological agent. To our knowledge, this case is the first description of a rhinitis or sinusitis caused by this agent in a cat. Aggressive surgical debridement combined with topical and systemic antifungal therapy was performed. Unfortunately, the treatment resulted only in a partial remission of signs.
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Dimitri Leperlier, Unité de Chirurgie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, 7 avenue du Général De Gaulle, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France d.leperlier@gmail.com.
Rosario Vallefuoco, Unité de Chirurgie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, 7 avenue du Général De Gaulle, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France.
Eve Laloy, Unité d’Anatomie Pathologique, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, 7 avenue du Général De Gaulle, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France.
Julien Debeaupuits, Unité de Médecine, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, 7 avenue du Général De Gaulle, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France.
Pauline Fornel De Thibaud, Centre Cancérologie Vétérinaire d’Alfort, 7 avenue du Général De Gaulle, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France.
François-Lucien Crespeau, Unité d’Anatomie Pathologique, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, 7 avenue du Général De Gaulle, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France.
Jacques Guillot, Unité de Parasitologie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, 7 avenue du Général De Gaulle, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France.
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