Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Blastomycosis in Dogs and Cats

Brömel, Catharina; Sykes, Jane E.

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“…Muitos fungos podem causar dermatites, porém, no caso demonstrado, as características histomorfológicas são semelhantes às descritas para blastomicose (Brömel & Sykes 2005b), e este poderia ser um diagnóstico diferencial. Osteomielites fúngicas não são frequentes em gatos, porém os agentes mais comuns são Blastomyces dermatitides, Coccidioides immitis e Cryptococcus neoformans (Craig et al 2016).…”

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Doenças micóticas em gatos no Rio Grande do Sul

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RESUMO.-As enfermidades fúngicas são diagnósticos diferenciais de diversas morbidades de caráter infeccioso, degenerativo ou proliferativo neoplásico, principalmente em gatos, que é a espécie mais suscetível a estas. Este trabalho descreve os achados anatomopatológicos de doenças fúngi-cas em gatos no período de janeiro de 2005 a dezembro de 2015 pelo SPV-UFRGS. Foram revisados 1.274 protocolos de necropsia e encontrou-se 17 casos de micoses, correspondendo a 1,33% dos diagnósticos. Quanto às amostras provenientes de biopsias, foram verificados 2.615 protocolos e detectou-se 59 casos de doenças fúngicas, totalizando 2,25% dos diagnósticos, sendo revisados seus achados macroscópi-cos, microscópicos, colorações especiais e cultivo micológico. O principal diagnóstico encontrado foi esporotricose com 34 casos de biópsia e cinco de necropsia. Criptococose obteve seis diagnósticos na necropsia e 13 na biópsia. O pseudomicetoma dermatofítico possui cinco casos de biópsia e dois de necropsia. Histoplasmose obteve um diagnóstico na necropsia e dois na biópsia. Aspergilose teve dois casos diagnosticados na necropsia. Candidíase e feo-hifomicose obtiveram um caso cada. Em quatro ocasiões, não se pode identificar o agente envolvido na lesão e foram classificados conforme a alteração morfológica em: dermatite fúngica, enterite fúngi-ca, rinite micótica e dermatite e osteomielite fúngica. Através deste trabalho, pode-se identificar que a esporotricose foi o diagnóstico de doença fúngica mais frequente em felinos, seguido da criptococose e pseudomicetoma dermatofítico.

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“…Itraconazole at a dose of 5 mg/kg once daily is considered by many to be the treatment of choice for canine blastomycosis (Legendre and others 1996, Brömel and Sykes 2005, Ettinger and Feldman 2009). Optimal absorption of itraconazole requires gastric acidity so it should be taken with food (Saccente and Woods 2010).…”

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Successful treatment of chronic canine blastomycosis in a Labrador retriever with sterile histopathology

McFadden¹,

Heinrich²,

Haarstad³

2017

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A four-year-old, neutered male Labrador retriever from Minnesota, USA was presented to a dermatology referral clinic for evaluation of waxing and waning paronychia and multifocal cutaneous nodules of five months’ duration. The condition was managed before referral with antibiotics and glucocorticoids resulting in a partial response, but new lesions continued to develop. Skin biopsies made both before and after referral revealed pyogranulomatous dermatitis and fibrosis with negative fungal stains. However, acetate tape impression cytology performed at time of referral detected a single blastomyces organism; thus, a definitive diagnosis of blastomycosis was made. Treatment with fluconazole followed by generic itraconazole resulted in rapid, full recovery in three months’ time. Thoracic radiographs at the time of blastomycosis diagnosis were within normal limits, despite history of mild cough. This case highlights the potential pitfalls in diagnosis and treatment of canine blastomycosis.

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“…The disease occurs in humans and the dog, but only exceptionally in the cat [24][25][26][27][28][29]. This fungal disease is particularly endemic in the eastern United States.…”

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Dog and Cat Dermatomycoses in Regions Lining the North Atlantic Ocean

Ge¹

2017

Austin J Dermatolog

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Among the whole specters of fungi, only a few dozen species are parasitic on animals, with the vast majority being merely saprophyte organisms. Superficial dermatomycoses of the skin encompass dermatophytoses and some yeast infections. These diseases are quite common in humans, dogs and cats. Other systemic mycoses are much less common, but include cryptococcosis, sporotrichosis, histoplasmosis and North American blastomycosis. We present a review of dermatomycoses common to dogs and cats in regions lining the Atlantic Ocean.

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Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Blastomycosis in Dogs and Cats

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Doenças micóticas em gatos no Rio Grande do Sul

Doenças micóticas em gatos no Rio Grande do Sul

Successful treatment of chronic canine blastomycosis in a Labrador retriever with sterile histopathology

Dog and Cat Dermatomycoses in Regions Lining the North Atlantic Ocean

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