Twenty Years Later: A New Case Of Endolymphatic Tube Infection, Internal Otitis And Meningitis Caused By Fusarium solani In A Port Jackson Shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni)

• Author(s): Pereira, Nuno ; Faustino, Ricardo ; Faísca, Pedro ; Veríssimo, Cristina ; David, Hugo ; Núria, Baylina
• Date: 2018
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/6002
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de Saúde
• Subject(s): Fusarium solani; Fungal Infections; Sharks; Infecções Sistémicas e Zoonoses
• Document Type: Conference object
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de Saúde

Description

Fusarium solani infections in elasmobranchs are described mainly with skin, lateral line, skeletal muscle, and cartilage involvement. We described F. solani cases with head subcutaneous abscess of the endolymphatic tubes, labyrinthitis and meningitis in 4 Port Jackson sharks, occurring c. twenty years ago.4 Last year, we had a new case with a similar clinical and histopathology presentation.