What Is Your Diagnosis?

Polf, Holly; Bangert, Alicia L

doi:10.2460/javma.245.7.763

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“…Diskospondylititis is one of the many infections of the vertebral spinal column including vertebral physitis, spondylitis, and diskitis, and refers to a primary infection of the cartilaginous vertebral end plates with secondary involvement of the intervertebral disk . It is a relatively uncommon disease with nonspecific clinical signs that include malaise, neurologic deficits, and vertebral hyperesthesia or pain .…”

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Imaging characteristics of disseminatedGeosmithia argillaceacausing severe diskospondylitis and meningoencephalomyelitis in a dog

Kawalilak

Chen

Roberts

2015

Clinical Case Reports

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Key Clinical MessageA 4-year-old male castrated Labrador Retriever presented for severe spinal pain. Radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging showed evidence of diskospondylitis and meningoencephalomyelitis. Blood culture revealed a Geosmithia argillacea fungal infection after DNA sequencing, initially misdiagnosed as Penicillium species. Geosmithia argillacea should be considered as a differential for disseminated fungal diskospondylitis.

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Imaging characteristics of disseminatedGeosmithia argillaceacausing severe diskospondylitis and meningoencephalomyelitis in a dog

Kawalilak

Chen

Roberts

2015

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“…Molecular methods with improved sensitivity are still under development [ 90 , 100 ]. ELISA tests (such as serum quantitative antigen tests) and radiology have been used with great success for diagnosing histoplasmosis [ 102 ]. Hemagglutination, the complement fixation test (CFT), a radioimmunoassay (RIA), etc., have also been developed as alternative serological techniques for detecting H. capsulatum var.…”

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Important Mycoses of Wildlife: Emphasis on Etiology, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Pathology—A Review: PART 1

Ugochukwu

Aneke

Sani

et al. 2022

Animals

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In the past few years, there has been a spurred tripling in the figures of fungal diseases leading to one of the most alarming rates of extinction ever reported in wild species. Some of these fungal diseases are capable of virulent infections and are now considered emerging diseases due to the extremely high number of cases diagnosed with fungal infections in the last few decades. Most of these mycotic diseases in wildlife are zoonotic, and with the emergence and re-emergence of viral and bacterial zoonotic diseases originating from wildlife, which are causing devastating effects on the human population, it is important to pay attention to these wildlife-borne mycotic diseases with zoonotic capabilities. Several diagnostic techniques such as fungal isolation, gross pathology, histopathology, histochemistry, cytology, immunohistochemistry, radiography, CT, and molecular methods such as PCR or ELISA have been invaluable in the diagnosis of wildlife mycoses. The most important data used in the diagnosis of these wildlife mycoses with a zoonotic potential have been re-emphasized. This will have implications for forestalling future epidemics of these potential zoonotic mycotic diseases originating from wildlife. In conclusion, this review will highlight the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, pathogenesis, pathogenicity, pathology, and hematological/serum biochemical findings of five important mycoses found in wild animals.

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What Is Your Diagnosis?

Cited by 2 publications

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Imaging characteristics of disseminatedGeosmithia argillaceacausing severe diskospondylitis and meningoencephalomyelitis in a dog

Imaging characteristics of disseminatedGeosmithia argillaceacausing severe diskospondylitis and meningoencephalomyelitis in a dog

Important Mycoses of Wildlife: Emphasis on Etiology, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Pathology—A Review: PART 1

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