Survival of a dog with pneumonia caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum.
Pneumonia caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum was diagnosed in the left lung lobes of a 3-year-old male Samoyed. Unilateral pneumonectomy and antibiotic treatment (primarily amoxicillin trihydrate-clavulanate potassium and kanamycin) were associated with resolution of the pneumonia. In dogs, M fortuitum causes pulmonary disease that radiographically resembles bacterial pneumonia. Therefore, M fortuitum infection should be considered in dogs with radiographic signs of bronchopneumonia that worsen despite antibiotic treatment.
Turnwald
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Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803.
Pechman
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Turk
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Hribernik
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Cox
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Waldron
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Roy
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Burnett
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Smith
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D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000662:veterinary; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000662:veterinary*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000662:veterinary*