| adiaspiromycosis in striped skunks in alberta, canada. | pulmonary adiaspiromycosis was diagnosed in seven of 25 striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) in east-central alberta. the infection varied from mild, where only microscopic lesions were seen, to severe, where gross lesions of grayish-white nodules were observed in the lung parenchyma. mild lesions were restricted to the lung, while severe lesions extended to the tracheobronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes. histologically, the lesions were characterized by a centrally located fungal spherule, surr ... | 1986 | 3951052 |