Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with systemic Inonotus fungal infection and heart issues
By Furusawa, Yu et al.Ā·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical scienceĀ·2020Ā·Kagoshima University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, JapanĀ·View original on PubMed ā
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Original publication title: Systemic Inonotus sp. Infection in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 3-year-old male golden retriever was brought to the vet because he was very tired, not eating, and had trouble walking. The vet found that his lymph nodes were swollen, and he had an irregular heartbeat. Tests showed he had a serious fungal infection caused by a type of fungus called Inonotus. The dog was treated with antifungal medications, which helped for about 10 months, but he sadly passed away suddenly, likely due to heart issues related to the infection.
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Abstract
A 3-years-old male golden retriever was presented for decreased activity (lethargy), anorexia, and titubation. Superficial lymph nodes were enlarged, and arrhythmia and tachycardia were auscultated. Fungal hyphae-like structures were detected in the biopsy samples from an enlarged lymph node and spleen. Nucleotide sequence of the internal transcribed spacer region of the fungi amplified by PCR was highly homologous to that of Inonotus pachyphloeus. The dog was treated with antifungal agents such as itraconazole, fluconazole, and voriconazole. Clinical signs resolved for 325 days but the dog died suddenly, possibly because of arrhythmia. Postmortem examination revealed the presence of a disseminated fungal infection. This report describes the case of canine systemic Inonotus sp. infection treated by an antifungal agent.
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