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Acute bronchopneumonia associated with Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a dog
Author(s) -
IRWIN PJ,
WHITHEAR K,
LAVELLE RB,
PARRY BW
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb11748.x
Subject(s) - bronchopneumonia , medicine , mycobacterium fortuitum , ciprofloxacin , pneumonia , gentamicin , productive cough , antibiotics , pathology , mycobacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , lung , biology , tuberculosis
Mycobacterium fortuitum was isolated in a sample of bronchial fluid collected by transtracheal aspiration from a 1‐year‐old Corgi dog with a productive cough of 10 days' duration and with radiographic and cytological features of acute suppurative bronchopneumonia. The dog responded favourably to intravenous gentamicin and cephalexin for three days and a six week course of oral ciprofloxacin. Saprophytic mycobacterial pneumonia should be considered in cases of severe pulmonary consolidation in young dogs.