Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with fungal abscesses on face cured with itraconazole
By Kano, Rui et al.·Published in Mycopathologia·2012·Department of Pathobiology, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: The first reported case of canine subcutaneous Cryptococcus flavescens infection.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A dog with abscesses on its face, including the muzzle, eyelid, and jaw, was diagnosed with a rare fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus flavescens. After taking an antifungal medication called itraconazole for two months, the dog's skin lesions completely healed, and there were no signs of the infection returning a month after treatment ended. This case highlights that Cryptococcus flavescens can infect dogs and cause noticeable skin problems.
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Abstract
This report describes the first documented case of subcutaneous infection due to Cryptococcus flavescens in a dog. The chief symptoms of the patient dog were abscessed lesions on the dorsal muzzle, right eyelid, and lower jaw. Biopsy specimens from the lesions on the dorsal muzzle and lower jaw showed pyogranulomatous inflammation with numerous yeast cells. The patient dog was diagnosed with a subcutaneous fungal infection and orally received 5 mg/kg itraconazole once a day for 2 months, the abscesses disappeared. After 1 month at the end of treatment, the skin lesions did not redevelop. Isolates from the biopsy specimens were identified as C. flavescens by molecular analysis as well as morphologic and biochemical examination, indicating that C. flavescens is a potential canine pathogen.
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