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Online Journal of
Veterinary Research©
Volume 19(4): 233-236, 2015.
Cutaneous mucormycosis
in an iguana
Mehdi Saberi1 (DVM,
PHD), Maziar Manshaei2 (DVM, PhD), Parvin Dehghan3 (PhD), Elham Mohebbi4 (DVM, MPH).
1School of Veterinary Medicine Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman. 2Torabi-nejad Dental Research Center, school of
Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Science, 3Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis
Research Center, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine,
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 4Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in
Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
ABSTRACT
Saberi M, Manshaei M, Dehghan P, Mohebbi E., Cutaneous mucormycosis in an iguana, Onl J
Vet Res., 19(4):
233-236, 2015. Zygomycosis are
responsible for acute and chronic fungal diseases. Zygomycosis
caused by Mucorales infections is known as mucormycosis. A 4yr old green iguana (Iguana
iguana) was referred with 7 day severe anorexia and numerous cruet
skin lesions 2-3mm diameter. There was mild dermal inflammation with
hypo-pigmentation from tail to head.
Organism culture and gross observation confirmed presence of Mucor Rhizopusvv
The reptile was treated with oral 10mg/Kg ketoconazole for 10 days but vomited
at day 11 and treatment was discontinued for a further 7 days. The iguana did
not have any further complications and Ketoconazole was administered again for
15 days, after which no recurrence observed at a 6 month follow up examination.
Key words: Iguana, Mucormycosis,
Ketoconalzole.
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