Cutaneos and osseous sporotrichosis in dog

Authors

  • Isabel Martins Madrid Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Faculdade de Veterinária; Setor Micologia, Laboratório de Doenças Infecciosas, Pelotas, RS
  • Melissa Orzechowski Xavier Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Faculdade de Veterinária; Setor Micologia, Laboratório de Doenças Infecciosas, Pelotas, RS
  • Antonella Souza Mattei Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Faculdade de Veterinária; Setor Micologia, Laboratório de Doenças Infecciosas, Pelotas, RS
  • Luiz Paiva Carapeto Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Hospital de Clínicas Veterinária, Pelotas, RS
  • Tatiana de Ávila Antunes Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Hospital de Clínicas Veterinária, Pelotas, RS
  • Ronaldo Santos Júnior Consultório Veterinário PRONTOCAN, Pelotas, RS
  • Márcia de Oliveira Nobre Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Hospital de Clínicas Veterinária, Pelotas, RS
  • Mário Carlos Araújo Meireles Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Faculdade de Veterinária; Setor Micologia, Laboratório de Doenças Infecciosas, Pelotas, RS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2007.26610

Keywords:

Sporotrichosis, Dog, Bone, Itraconazole

Abstract

The sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis caused by dimorphic fungus Sporothrix schenckii. This article describes the first cutaneous and osseous sporotrichosis case in canine in the Pelotas city, Rio Grande do Sul. The animal presented crusts and ulcerated lesions, approximately the three years in the nasal plan and right hind-foot, dispneic and apathy. Mycological, histopathological, radiological and hematological diagnosis was realized. The animal was treated by three months with itraconazole, administered orally at a dosage of 10mg/kg, until lesions disappeared. This study alert small animals clinicians for the occurrence of this mycosis in dogs in the region of Pelotas, RS.

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Published

2007-12-01

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 6 (2007)

Section

UNDEFINIED

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How to Cite

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Madrid IM, Xavier MO, Mattei AS, Carapeto LP, Antunes T de Ávila, Santos Júnior R, et al. Cutaneos and osseous sporotrichosis in dog. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. [Internet]. 2007 Dec. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 23];44(6):441-3. Available from: https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/26610