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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 1998, p. 2755-2758, Vol. 36, No. 9
Departament de Patologia i Producció
Animals, Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Facultat de
Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Received 29 December 1997/Returned for modification 15 April
1998/Accepted 4 June 1998
A 10-month-old male American Staffordshire terrier was presented to
the Autonomous University of Barcelona Veterinary Teaching Hospital
because of a 6-month history of a mucopurulent bilateral nasal
discharge. The dog had not responded to antibiotics. A follow-up X ray
revealed a mixed pattern of osteolysis and increased radiodensity confined to the nasal cavity. Histologic sections of the biopsy specimens revealed the presence of granules containing numerous septate hyphae that were hyaline to pale brown and smooth,
one-celled, subspherical-to-elongate conidia that were hyaline to
brownish green, and bacteria. Cultures yielded numerous colonies
belonging to Scedosporium apiospermum. Susceptibility tests
were performed on the isolated strain. The isolate was sensitive to
ketoconazole, intermediate to clotrimazole, and resistant to
amphotericin B, 5-fluorocytosine, fluconazole, and itraconazole. The
dog was treated with oral ketoconazole. During the treatment a general
improvement in the lesions was observed. To our knowledge, S. apiospermum has not been implicated previously as an etiologic
agent of nasal disease in dogs. This report provides its first
description as such.
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Nasal Granuloma Caused by Scedosporium apiospermum in
a Dog
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Facultat de
Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193
Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. Phone: 3493 5811749. Fax: 3493 5812006. E-mail: F.J.CABANES{at}CC.UAB.ES.
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