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. 2014 Oct 9;45(3):1101-3.
doi: 10.1590/s1517-83822014000300045. eCollection 2014.

First isolation of the Stephanoascus ciferrii in feline otitis in Brazil

Angelita dos Reis Gomes  1 , Ângela Leitzke Cabana  1 , Luiza da Gama Osório  2 , Rosema Santin  2 , Isabel Duarte Schuch  3 , Emanoele Figueiredo Serra  1 , Patrícia Silva Nascente  4 , Mário Carlos Araújo Meireles  1
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First isolation of the Stephanoascus ciferrii in feline otitis in Brazil

Angelita dos Reis Gomes et al. Braz J Microbiol. .

Abstract

Ear infections in cats are uncommon, especially involving yeasts. This report describes the first isolation of the Stephanoascus ciferrii, teleomorph of the Candida genus, in a case of feline otitis in Brazil. The identification and characterization of Stephanoascus ciferrii were confirmed by the Vitek2 System (BioMerieux ®).

Keywords: Stephanoascus ciferrii; cat; external otitis; identification; mixed infection.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Macroscopy of Stephanoascus ciferrii on Sabouraud’s dextrose agar when cultured at 37 °C for 2 days. Colony of the clinical isolate was cream-colored, rough, raised and wrinkled.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Microscopy of isolated Stephanoascus ciferrii from Sabouraud dextrose agar visualized by Gram stain technique, 100x objective. A: oval blastoconidia of varying size arranged along the pseudo-hyphae and asci (arrow). B: ramifications of true hyphae and chains of oval blastoconidia.
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