Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with claw fungal infection from Fusarium treated with itraconazole
By Namitome, Kazuko et al.·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·2011·Faculty of Agriculture, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Isolation of Fusarium sp. from a claw of a dog with onychomycosis.
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Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old male Golden Retriever was brought in for lameness and an abnormal claw on his left front paw. X-rays showed an infection in the bone of the affected toe, and tests revealed a fungus called Fusarium in the claw. The dog was treated with an oral antifungal medication called itraconazole, which successfully led to the regrowth of a healthy claw without any signs of the fungus. This case highlights a rare fungal infection in dogs that can be treated effectively.
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Abstract
An 8-year-old male Golden Retriever had lameness and claw abnormality in the second digit of the left forelimb. Radiography revealed osteomyelitis in the distal phalanx bone of the affected limb. Microscopic examination of the claw revealed numerous hyphae in the claw matrix. Fungal DNA fragments coding the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) were detected from the claw matrix as well as fungal colonies of the clinical isolates by PCR. Nucleotide sequencing revealed that the amplicons shared > 99% homology with Fusarium sp. Therapy including oral itraconazole resulted in regrowth of a new claw, in which no hyphae were detected. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case report of canine onychomycosis in which Fusarium sp. was isolated from the affected claw.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21441720/