RESUMO
A six-year-old female Labrador retriever dog was suffering from osteomyelitis in her hindlimb. A puncture wound caused by a rotted bamboo stick was presumed as the source of infection. The dog suffered from pre-existing aortic stenosis, but otherwise exhibited no significant abnormality in her systemic conditions excluding claudication of the left hindlimb. The results of cytology and pathological examinations of biopsy samples revealed the diagnosis of mycotic osteomyelitis in this dog. Mycological and DNA tests showed the pathogen as the mushroom Schizophyllum commune. Antibiotic sensitivity testing also revealed susceptibility to itraconazole, which was used to successfully treat the dog. This is a rare case of canine basidiomycosis with S. commune as the etiologic agent.
Assuntos
Antifúngicos/uso terapêutico , Doenças do Cão/microbiologia , Itraconazol/uso terapêutico , Micoses/veterinária , Osteomielite/veterinária , Schizophyllum/patogenicidade , Animais , Reabsorção Óssea/microbiologia , Reabsorção Óssea/veterinária , Primers do DNA , DNA Fúngico/genética , Doenças do Cão/tratamento farmacológico , Doenças do Cão/fisiopatologia , Cães , Feminino , Micoses/tratamento farmacológico , Micoses/fisiopatologia , Osteomielite/tratamento farmacológico , Osteomielite/fisiopatologia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Schizophyllum/genética , Schizophyllum/isolamento & purificaçãoRESUMO
Various mycotic zoonoses of human transmitted from animals have recently been viewed as a serious matter. The outbreaks of these diseases under many complicated circumstances occur in the community between human and animals. Cooperation is needed to prevent the expansion of infections of zoonoses by both human and veterinary medicine.
Assuntos
Micoses/transmissão , Micoses/veterinária , Zoonoses/transmissão , Animais , Animais Domésticos , Gatos , Cães , Humanos , Japão/epidemiologia , Micoses/epidemiologiaRESUMO
Six strains of Trichophyton verrucosum were used in a test to determine effects of urea and sodium nitrate on their growth. Despite having urease activity, the strains failed to utilize the urea and sodium nitrate for their growth. Moreover, the organisms were killed if large amounts of these nitrogen compounds and ammonia were added to the medium. These nitrogen compounds, distributed in cattle breeding soil, inhibited the growth of T. verrucosum. Thus, soil in cattle breeding environments does not seem to be a reservoir of this pathogen.
