title: Cryptococcosis in a dog.
abstract: A report is presented of a fatal systemic Cryptococcus noeformans infection involving the central nervous system of a dog and complicated by a concurrent infection of the brain and splene by an unidentified filamentous fungus resembling a Paecilomyces spp. The literature on cryptococcosis in domestic animals is briefly reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary