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Multifocal Balamuthia mandrillaris infection in a dog in Australia.
- Source :
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Parasitology research [Parasitol Res] 2007 Jan; Vol. 100 (2), pp. 423-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Oct 11. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- A 6-year-old male golden retriever, with an 8-month history of seizures and a clinical diagnosis of lymphoma in the central nervous system, was (at the owner's request) euthanized after signs of respiratory distress and shock developed. Upon postmortem examination, the diagnoses of meningoencephalitis and pneumonia were made. A histological examination of selected tissues from both the lung and central nervous system revealed a severe, acute, multifocal, amoebic, embolic pneumonia and a severe, chronic, multifocal, nonsuppurative, amoebic meningoencephalitis. Indirect immunofluorescence analysis confirmed the presence of trophozoite and cyst stages of Balamuthia mandrillaris. This is the first report of B. mandrillaris (which is a free-living amoeba) causing fatal, multifocal granulomatous amoebiasis in a dog in Australia.
- Subjects :
- Amebiasis epidemiology
Amoeba classification
Animals
Australia epidemiology
Brain Diseases parasitology
Brain Diseases veterinary
Dog Diseases diagnosis
Dog Diseases pathology
Dogs
Fatal Outcome
Lung parasitology
Lung pathology
Male
Amebiasis diagnosis
Amoeba isolation & purification
Dog Diseases parasitology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0932-0113
- Volume :
- 100
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Parasitology research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17033842
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-006-0302-0