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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Main Authors: Sergio Arias, Frank Suárez, Iván Álvarez, Edgar Gutiérrez, Iovana Castellanos, Leonel Cardona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de La Salle 2010-12-01
Series:Revista de Medicina Veterinaria
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Online Access:http://revistas.lasalle.edu.co/index.php/mv/article/view/581
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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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