- Pathogen:
- Aspergillus fumigatus
- Precautions:
- Standard
- Diagnosis:
- Grow on standard laboratory media such as Sabouraud dextrose agar. Colonies are velvety or granular and bluish-green with narrow white peripheries.
- Pathogen Information:
- Ubiquitous saprophytic mold.
- Epidemiology:
- Most often involved in tissue invasion. Cause opportunistic infections. Thermotolerant.
- Associated Syndromes:
- Guttural pouch mycosis, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Abortion, Brooder pneumonia.
- Additional Information:
- Resource: Quinn, P. J., et al. Concise Review of Veterinary Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.