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.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Ascomycota / classification*
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Ascomycota / genetics
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Ascomycota / isolation & purification*
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Biopsy, Fine-Needle
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Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
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Coinfection / microbiology
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Coinfection / veterinary*
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DNA, Fungal / chemistry
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DNA, Fungal / genetics
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
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Dog Diseases / microbiology*
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Dogs
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Microscopy
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mycoses / microbiology
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Mycoses / veterinary*
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Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
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Opportunistic Infections / veterinary
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Osteomyelitis / microbiology
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Osteomyelitis / veterinary
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Radiography
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Urine / microbiology
Substances
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DNA, Fungal
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DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
Associated data
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GENBANK/HE974355
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GENBANK/HE974356
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GENBANK/JX431887
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GENBANK/JX431888
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GENBANK/JX481774
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GENBANK/JX481775