Disseminated aspergillosis in a dog due to Aspergillus alabamensis.

ABSTRACT: Disseminated aspergillosis is uncommon in dogs and often associated with Aspergillus terreus. A case of disseminated disease in an English springer spaniel is reported from which Aspergillus alabamensis was recovered by culture and identified by molecular means suggesting a potential role for this agent as a primary pathogen of dogs.

SUBMITTER: Burrough E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3854705 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature