Mycotic bovine nasal granuloma

A case of mycotic bovine nasal granuloma in a 10 year-old Jersey cow, produced by Drechslera halodes is presented. Histopathological sections showed abundant hyaline and pigmented extra and intracellular fungal structures together with a polymorphic cellular granuloma formed by neutrophils, lymphocytes, plasmocytes, histiocytes and giant cells of the Langhans type. It is the first case of mycotic bovine nasal granuloma recognized in Uruguay although this disease seems to be frequent according to the opinion of veterinarian specialists. Another similar clinical case also in a Jersey cow from the same dairy house with an intense cellular infiltrate rich in eosinophils without granulomatous image, together with extracellular hyaline and fuliginous fungal forms, is also referred for comparative purposes. Geotrichum sp. was isolated. The need of an early diagnosis and treatment of the disease is stressed

Cutaneous botryomycosis: report of the two first Uruguayn cases

Apresentamos os dois primeiros doentes de Botriomicose tegumentar no Uruguai. Ambos doentes eram adultos do sexo masculino. Um tinha lesao isolada abscedida. No outro as lesoes eram multiplas e algumas fistulizadas. Em ambos doentes o agente etiologico isolado foi Staphylococcus aureus. No primeiro doente, alem disso, foi isolado Pseudomonas aeruginosa na recidiva. Comentarios gerais sao feitos sobre o diagnostico e patogenia da doenca