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Osteomyelitis associated with Penicillium verruculosum in a German shepherd dog
Author(s) -
Wigney D. I.,
Allan G. S.,
Hay L. E.,
Hocking A. D.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1990.tb00512.x
Subject(s) - medicine , german , german shepherd dog , osteomyelitis , pathology , surgery , archaeology , history
Penicillium verruculosum, a saprophytic fungus isolated occasionally from soil, has not been reported previously as a cause of systemic disease in man or animals. This article describes a case of polyostotic osteomyelitis associated with P verruculosum in a previously healthy, young adult German shepherd dog. In this case predisposing factors could not be determined but it is suspected that some German shepherd dogs possess a defect in phagocytic cell function which allows widespread infection with filamentous fungi.