Disseminated Scedosporium apiospermum infection in a Maremmano-Abruzzese sheepdog.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few cases of scedosporiosis have been reported in animals, but the true prevalence is probably underestimated due to a lack of awareness. Scedosporiosis in dogs has often been associated with localized infection (i.e., nasal infection, eumycetoma, or keratomycosis) or, in rare cases, disseminated infections.

Case presentation

This case report describes the clinical and pathological features and the diagnostic process of a rare systemic and fatal fungal infection in a dog caused by Scedosporium apiospermum. A 10-month-old female Maremmano-Abruzzese sheepdog showing weakness, lethargy, lateral decubitus, miosis and muscular rigidity was presented. Rodenticide poisoning was clinically suspected for the differential diagnosis. However, postmortem examinations revealed

SUBMITTER: Di Teodoro G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7532623 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature