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Gregory C Troy1, David L Panciera, J Phillip Pickett
1Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, USA. cvmgct@vt.edu
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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