Keratomycosis in a percheron cross horse caused by Cladorrhinum bulbillosum

B. Chopin Department of Farm Animal Medicine & Production, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia, 4072

L. Sigler Devonian Botanic Garden & Medical Microbiology & Immunology Department, University of Alberta Microfungus Collection & Herbarium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2EI

M.D. Connole Department of Veterinary Pathology, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia, 4072

D.A. O'Boyle Department of Companion Animal Medicine & Surgery, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia, 4072

B. Mackay Department of Farm Animal Medicine & Production, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia, 4072

L. Goldstein Devonian Botanic Garden & Medical Microbiology & Immunology Department, University of Alberta Microfungus Collection & Herbarium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2EI

Abstract

This report describes an infection of a horse's cornea caused by Cladorrhinum bulbillosum. Minor surgery and treatment with antibiotics successfully resolved the infection. The only previous reported case involving this fungus was an Argentinian boy who was infected while working with horses.

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