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12 January 2024 Novel Presentation of Coccidioidomycosis with Myriad Free-Floating Proteinaceous Spheres in the Pericardial Sac of a Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis)
Heather S. Harris, Michael D. Harris, George R. Thompson III, David M. Engelthaler, Parker L. Montfort, Alexis L. Leviner, Melissa A. Miller
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Abstract

A southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) stranded dead in central California, USA, with a distended pericardial sac containing thousands of free-floating proteinaceous masses. Serology, fungal culture, PCR, and sequencing confirmed the etiology of this novel lesion as Coccidioides immitis. Range expansion of this zoonotic pathogen is predicted with climate change.

Heather S. Harris, Michael D. Harris, George R. Thompson III, David M. Engelthaler, Parker L. Montfort, Alexis L. Leviner, and Melissa A. Miller "Novel Presentation of Coccidioidomycosis with Myriad Free-Floating Proteinaceous Spheres in the Pericardial Sac of a Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 60(1), 223-228, (12 January 2024). https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-23-00045
Received: 12 March 2023; Accepted: 26 June 2023; Published: 12 January 2024
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