title: Survival of a dog with pneumonia caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Turnwald
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Pechman
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Turk
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Hribernik
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Waldron
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burnett
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: 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*