Histoplasmosis meningitis in a dog: case report
Canine Histoplasmosis is an American important disease mostly in the central and southwest partof the United States that has not been yet reported in Colombia. Reports in human beings suggest the presence of this parasite in Colombia. This paperintends to report a case of canine histoplasmosis which...
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author | Sergio Arias Frank Suárez Iván Álvarez Edgar Gutiérrez Iovana Castellanos Leonel Cardona |
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description | Canine Histoplasmosis is an American important disease mostly in the central and southwest partof the United States that has not been yet reported in Colombia. Reports in human beings suggest the presence of this parasite in Colombia. This paperintends to report a case of canine histoplasmosis which was presented to the Small Animal Hospitalof La Salle University located at Bogotá- Colombia.The dog showed clinical signs of ataxia, turning, meningoecephalitis, the CSF analysis showed yeast-likeof Histoplasma capsulatum. For our information this is one of the first reports of meningo encephalitis by Histoplasma in dogs in Colombia. |
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spelling | doaj.art-59907176d1284799b7ee0eebd11a3f7e2022-12-21T19:43:31ZengUniversidad de La SalleRevista de Medicina Veterinaria0122-93542389-85262010-12-01020394710.19052/mv.581506Histoplasmosis meningitis in a dog: case reportSergio Arias0Frank Suárez1Iván Álvarez2Edgar Gutiérrez3Iovana Castellanos4Leonel Cardona5Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) (Brasil). CISAHE, Unidad de Cirugía de Pequeños AnimalesUniversidad Complutense de Madrid. CISAHE, Unidad de Clínica de Pequeños Animales,CISAHE, Unidad de CardiologíaCISAHE, Unidad de Cirugía de Pequeños Animales.CIMRA, Unidad de Patología, Bogotá.CISAHE, Unidad de Cirugía de Pequeños Animales, Bogotá.Canine Histoplasmosis is an American important disease mostly in the central and southwest partof the United States that has not been yet reported in Colombia. Reports in human beings suggest the presence of this parasite in Colombia. This paperintends to report a case of canine histoplasmosis which was presented to the Small Animal Hospitalof La Salle University located at Bogotá- Colombia.The dog showed clinical signs of ataxia, turning, meningoecephalitis, the CSF analysis showed yeast-likeof Histoplasma capsulatum. For our information this is one of the first reports of meningo encephalitis by Histoplasma in dogs in Colombia.http://revistas.lasalle.edu.co/index.php/mv/article/view/581histoplasmosismeningoencefalitisEhrlichiacaninos |
spellingShingle | Sergio Arias Frank Suárez Iván Álvarez Edgar Gutiérrez Iovana Castellanos Leonel Cardona Histoplasmosis meningitis in a dog: case report Revista de Medicina Veterinaria histoplasmosis meningoencefalitis Ehrlichia caninos |
title | Histoplasmosis meningitis in a dog: case report |
title_full | Histoplasmosis meningitis in a dog: case report |
title_fullStr | Histoplasmosis meningitis in a dog: case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Histoplasmosis meningitis in a dog: case report |
title_short | Histoplasmosis meningitis in a dog: case report |
title_sort | histoplasmosis meningitis in a dog case report |
topic | histoplasmosis meningoencefalitis Ehrlichia caninos |
url | http://revistas.lasalle.edu.co/index.php/mv/article/view/581 |
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