Mycotic Diseases of Reptiles Flashcards
predispose reptiles to development of various mycoses.
- Excessively high humidity, *low environmental temperature,
- concurrent disease, *malnutrition,
- and other stressors
which can develop over a long period, but maintaining good sanitation and husbandry reduces the frequency of infection
Systemic mycoses
Systemic mycoses causative agents
Aspergillus, Candida, Cladosporium, Metarhizium, Mucor, Paecilomyces, Penicillium spp, and the Chrysosporium anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii are a few of the organisms associated with systemic disease.
Ulceration of GI tissues has been associated with infections by?
MucorandFusariumspp
Chronic visceral granulomatous disease of liver, kidneys, and spleen has been caused by?
Metarhiziumand Paecilomycesspp.
The most frequent sites of mycotic infection are the?
skin and respiratory tract. *Metarhizium, Mucor, and Paecilomyces spp are frequent isolates.
AspergillusandCandidaspp have been isolated from?
pulmonary lesions of lizards and chelonians
resultant signs of respiratory distress before death?
granuloma or plaque formation
Suggested treatments for deep fungal respiratory infections?
amphotericin B, itraconazole, fluconazole, and voriconazole
tx for superficial or localized mycotic infections
surgical removal of the granuloma with local wound treatment
Candidiasis in large snakes has been treated with
nystatin (100,000 U, PO, for 10 days).
CA of Dermatophytosis
Geotrichum,
Fusarium, and
Trichosporonare the genera most frequently isolated
*cutaneous injury precedes a secondary fungal infection.
Chelonians with fungal infections of the shell can be treated by?
by local debridement and topical application of Lugol solution or povidone-iodine
*Exposure to ultraviolet light also benificial
