Lymphocutaneous and nasal sporotrichosis in a dog from southern Italy: case report.
Sporotrichosis is a chronic, granulomatous and usually lymphocutaneous infection of humans and animals caused by the dimorphic fungus, Sporothrix schenckii. This study reports a case of lymphocutaneous and nasal sporotrichosis in a hunting dog with a three month history of non-healing skin lesions. Cytological examination of nasal discharge and of the material collected from ulcerated skin surfaces showed a few cigar-shaped organisms within macrophages. Fungal cultures of nasal and ulcerated skin swabs yielded colonies of S. schenckii. The dog received oral itraconazole but died of unrelated causes. Necropsic examination was not performed.
Cafarchia
Claudia
C
Dipartimento di Sanità e Benessere Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Str. prov. le per Casamassima Km, 3, 70010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
Sasanelli
Mariateresa
M
Lia
Riccardo P
RP
de Caprariis
Donato
D
Guillot
Jacques
J
Otranto
Domenico
D
D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D007558:Italy; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008264:Macrophages / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000382:microbiology; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole