Cromoblastomicosis por cladophialophora carrionii: primer caso descrito en literatura costarricense / Chromoblastomycosis by cladophialophora carrionii: first case described in Costa Rican literature

La cromoblastomicosis es una infección crónica causada por hongos que afecta principalmente a la piel y el tejido subcutáneo. El mecanismo principal de trasmisión es la inoculación traumática de un grupo específico de hongos dermatofiticos, usualmente fonsecaea pedrosoi, phialophora verrucosa, cladophialophora carrionii, o fonsecae compacta, a través de la piel. Se clasifica dentro del grupo de las micosis subcutáneas. La cromoblastomicosis tiene una distribución mundial, no obstante su incidencia es alta en la zona rural de países con clima tropical o subtropical como el nuestro. En Costa Rica, se han descrito algunos casos en los cuales el agente causal ha sido fonsecae pedrosoi. En este artículo presentamos el primer caso de cromoblastomicosis por cladophialophora carrionii documentado en nuestro país mediante cultivo micológico macro y microscópicamente.

Clinical and Surgical Survey on most common skin affections in police guard and explosive dogs

Medicinal and surgical skin affections are common health problems in police guard and explosive dogs used for protection of organizations of high economic importance and tourism in Egypt. The present study was aimed to calculate the percentage of skin affections and to evaluate the degree of success for routine management of these problems. The study was performed on 156 working dogs where allergic conditions were represented by 7.7% with main complaint of severe pruritus. These conditions were constituted of flea allergic dermatitis [0.6%], contact allergic dermatitis [1.1%], food allergy [4.1%], atopy [1.7%] and urticaria wheals after penicillin injection [0.24%]. Surgical wounds shared with 14.3% and abscesses were represented by 0.35%. Insects [fleas] were represented by 0.6%, while acarides were represented by 24.4% which contained ticks [23.7%], sarcoptic mange [0.6%] with complaint of intense pruritus, and demodectic mange [0.12%]. Fungal infection was represented by 0.35%. Ear affections included otitis externa [12.4%] and ear hematoma [2.9%]. Pyoderma was represented by 20.3% which included surface pyoderma [18.3%], superficial pyoderma [1.72%] and deep pyoderma [0.24%]. Tail arrada was represented by 1.5%. Scrotal affections were represented by 6.1%. Anal sacculitis was represented by 7%. Internal worms which induced bisymmetrical alopecia [5 cases of Dipylidium caninum, 6 cases of Toxocara canis in puppies, 3 cases of Toxascaris leonina in puppies] were represented by 1.7%. There were also reported 0.48% superficial swellings. The routine work was satisfactory in most cases except recurrent cases of pyoderma to which we recommended the use of alternative therapy