Case Report 05
Submitted by Chermette René / Guillot Jacques (jacques.guillot@oniris-nantes.fr)
| Host animal | Dog |
| Case description | A 1.5-year-old, male, Dalmatian dog presented to the consultations of the veterinary college of Alfort, France but living in Quebec, Canada Clinical signs included uveitis and lameness associated with ulcerated cutaneous lesions on the right posterior leg Cough and fever were observed one month ago Thoracic radiograph revealed nodular and miliary interstitial patterns |
| Cytology and/or histopathology | Large yeasts (10-15 µm) with a large budding base |
| Geographic origin of the animal | Quebec, Canada |
| Etiologic agent and identification method | Blastomyces dermatitidis / Cytology |
| Applied therapy | Oral itraconazole (5 mg/kg first and then 10 mg/kg once daily) for 3 months |
| Outcome | oral itraconazole (5 mg/kg first anEight weeks after initial consultation, the cutaneous lesions almost disappeared. No recurrence was observed during an 1 year follow-up period |
