No. 20 (2010) , Original Article
No. 20 (2010) | Original Article | Published 2010-01-01

Histoplasmosis meningitis in a dog: case report

Sergio Arias
Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) (Brasil). CISAHE, Unidad de Cirugía de Pequeños Animales
Frank Suárez
Universidad Complutense de Madrid. CISAHE, Unidad de Clínica de Pequeños Animales,
Iván Álvarez
CISAHE, Unidad de Cardiología
Edgar Gutiérrez
CISAHE, Unidad de Cirugía de Pequeños Animales, Bogotá
Iovana Castellanos
CIMRA, Unidad de Patología, Bogotá.
Leonel Cardona
CISAHE, Unidad de Cirugía de Pequeños Animales, Bogotá

Abstract

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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Keywords

histoplasma
meningoencephalitis
ehrlichia
canine