REPTILE MYCOTIC INFECTIONS FROM THE LITERATURE AND 55 CASES…

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Chameleon Queen
“Mycotic digestive tract infections are uncommon in lizards. One report describes a fatal mycotic enteritis (phycomycoses) in a Jackson’s chameleon (Chameleo jacksoni).19 The chameleon presented with a rectal prolapse. Fungal hyphae were seen in the mucosa, submuscosa, tunica muscularis, and serosa of an intussusception of the terminal colon. One fungal oral lesion is described in a lizard. This fungal mandibular periodontal osteomyelitis was successfully treated in a panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)”…
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