Adiaspiromycosis of an Apodemus agrarius captured wild rodent in Korea.

Author: Tae Hyoun KIM ¹ ; Ju Hee HAN ; Seo Na CHANG ; Dong Su KIM ; Tamer Said ABDELKADER ; Seung Hyeok SEOK ; Jong Hwan PARK ; Hong Shik OH ; Jong Taek KIM ; Byoung Hee LEE ; Jeong Hwa SHIN ; Jung Hyun KIM ; Jong Min KIM ; Jae Hak PARK
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1. Department of Laboratory Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul national University, Seoul, Korea. pjhak@snu.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Adiaspiromycosis; Emmonisia crescens; wild rodent
MeSH: Animals; Asymptomatic Infections; Chrysosporium; Korea; Lung; Mammals; Murinae; Pneumonia; Rodentia; Spores
From:Laboratory Animal Research 2012;28(1):67-69
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Adiaspiromycosis is caused by pulmonary infection with Emmonsia. Inhalated spores of Emmonsia cause asymptomatic infection to necrogranulomatous pneumonia, depending on the burden of adiaspore and host immunity. For disease monitoring of wild rodents captured on Jeju Island in Korea, we examined the lung tissue of wild rodents histopathologically. Spores composed of thick three-layered walls were found following histopathological examination and were diagnosed as adiaspiromycosis. Adiaspiromycosis has been found in mammals in many parts of the world. To our knowledge, this is the first report of adiaspiromycosis of an Apodemus agrarius captured in Korea.