Coccidioides posadasii keratouveitis in a llama (Lama glama). Academic Article

abstract

• A 7-year-old male llama was examined for a 3-month history of weight loss, and unilateral keratouveitis. Clinical examination revealed nonulcerative corneal stromal abscessation, corneal vascularization, corneal edema, miosis, posterior synechia, cataract, and fibrin in the anterior chamber of the right eye. The left eye was normal. Histopathology of the right eye following enucleation revealed pyogranulomatous keratouveitis with intralesional fungal spherules consistent with Coccidioides spp. PCR amplification with DNA sequencing confirmed Coccidioides posadasii infection. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of ocular coccidioidomycosis in a llama.

authors

• Vemulapalli, Ramesh

published proceedings

• Vet Ophthalmol

author list (cited authors)

• Coster, M. E., Ramos-Vara, J. A., Vemulapalli, R., Stiles, J., & Krohne, S. G.

citation count

• 17

complete list of authors

• Coster, Martin E||Ramos-Vara, José A||Vemulapalli, Ramesh||Stiles, Jean||Krohne, Sheryl G

publication date

• January 2010

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Veterinary Ophthalmology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Camelids, New World
• Coccidioides
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Corneal Diseases
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Eye Infections, Fungal
• Male
• Polymerase Chain Reaction

PubMed Central ID

• 20149177

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2009.00747.x

start page

• 53

end page

• 57

volume

• 13

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-5224.2009.00747.x