title: Granulomatous meningoencephalitis associated with Sporobolomyces roseus in a dog.
abstract: A German Shepherd Dog was evaluated for clinical signs of multifocal, progressive brain disease. Despite supportive care, the dog died shortly after hospital admission. Granulomatous meningoencephalitis with intralesional fungal hyphae was diagnosed postmortem. The fungus was identified as Sporobolomyces roseus by polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing of the ITS2 region.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium. Veronique.saey@ugent.be
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saey
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vanhaesebrouck
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maes
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Simaey
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Ham
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deschaght
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ducatelle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D025301:Hyphae; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021901:DNA, Intergenic