Patricia Martin

TL;DR: A panfungal PCR assay that targets the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) region of the ribosomal DNA gene cluster to detect fungal DNA in fresh and formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue specimens from patients with culture-proven or solely histologically proven IFIs supports the use of the panf fungus PCR assay in combination with conventional laboratory tests for accurate identification of fungi in tissue specimens.

TL;DR: The canine cohort had a greater propensity to develop secondary central nervous system involvement and disseminated disease than feline cases, and both Cryptococcus species appear to be primary pathogens of cats and dogs, with the upper respiratory tract presumed to be the predominant primary site of inoculation in most but not all cases.

TL;DR: A novel heterothallic species in Aspergillus section Fumigati, namely A. felis (neosartorya-morph) isolated from three host species with invasive aspergillosis including a human patient with chronic invasive pulmonary asperGillosis, domestic cats with invasive fungal rhinosinusitis and a dog with disseminated invasive as pergillsosis.

TL;DR: Parapneumonic spread of infection after colonisation and invasion of lung tissue by oropharyngeal flora appears to be the most frequent cause of feline anaerobic polymicrobial pyothorax and contests the widespread belief that direct inoculation of pleural cavity by bite wounds is more common.

TL;DR: Systemic protothecosis was diagnosed in 17 Australian dogs between 1988 and 2005 and should be considered in all dogs with refractory colitis, especially in female Boxers.