Mixed infection caused by Lecythophora canina sp. nov. and Plectosphaerella cucumerina in a German shepherd dog.
Med Mycol, 2013/7;51(5):455-60.
Troy GC[1], Panciera DL, Pickett JP, Sutton DA, Gene J, Cano JF, Guarro J, Thompson EH, Wickes BL
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PMID: 23294425DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.754998
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Abstract
We describe an opportunistic, disseminated infection in a German shepherd dog associated with two fungal organisms not previously reported to cause disease. Lecythophora canina, a new species here described, was isolated from an osteolytic bone lesion. A fine needle aspirate of the lesion demonstrated septate hyphae. Plectospharella cucumerina (anamorph Plectosporium tabacinum) was isolated from a urine sample. Clinical manifestations were blindness, altered mentation, and osteomyelitis. Treatment with itraconazole and terbinafine for greater than one year resulted in stable clinical disease.
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Animals; Ascomycota; Biopsy, Fine-Needle; Bone and Bones; Coinfection; DNA, Fungal; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; Dog Diseases; Dogs; Microscopy; Molecular Sequence Data; Mycoses; Opportunistic Infections; Osteomyelitis; Radiography; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Urine
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