Long term survival of a dog with disseminated Aspergillus deflectus infection without definitive treatment

Canine disseminated fungal infection by Aspergillus species carries a guarded to grave prognosis as they often rapidly progress and are refractory to treatment with many euthanased soon after diagnosis. This case report describes a 2.5 year old female spayed German Shepherd Dog diagnosed with dissem...

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Autores principales: Bennett, Peter F., Talbot, Jessica J., Martin, Patricia, Kidd, Sarah E., Makara, Mariano, Barrs, Vanessa R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6235754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.07.002
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author Bennett, Peter F.
Talbot, Jessica J.
Martin, Patricia
Kidd, Sarah E.
Makara, Mariano
Barrs, Vanessa R.
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description Canine disseminated fungal infection by Aspergillus species carries a guarded to grave prognosis as they often rapidly progress and are refractory to treatment with many euthanased soon after diagnosis. This case report describes a 2.5 year old female spayed German Shepherd Dog diagnosed with disseminated Aspergillus deflectus infection for which definitive treatment was declined by the owners. With only palliative management the dog survived three years and two months before succumbing to chronic kidney disease.
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spelling pubmed-62357542018-11-19 Long term survival of a dog with disseminated Aspergillus deflectus infection without definitive treatment Bennett, Peter F. Talbot, Jessica J. Martin, Patricia Kidd, Sarah E. Makara, Mariano Barrs, Vanessa R. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Canine disseminated fungal infection by Aspergillus species carries a guarded to grave prognosis as they often rapidly progress and are refractory to treatment with many euthanased soon after diagnosis. This case report describes a 2.5 year old female spayed German Shepherd Dog diagnosed with disseminated Aspergillus deflectus infection for which definitive treatment was declined by the owners. With only palliative management the dog survived three years and two months before succumbing to chronic kidney disease. Elsevier 2018-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6235754/ /pubmed/30456161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.07.002 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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