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Paracoccidioidomycosis in a Dog: Case Report of Generalized Lymphadenomegaly

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Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a severe systemic mycosis, endemic in Latin America and highly prevalent in Brazil, where it ranks eighth as a mortality cause among infectious and parasitic diseases in humans. The disease in animals has been little explored. It is observed that armadillos can harbor the fungus at high frequencies, although the active disease has not been well documented in this wild mammal. Dogs are susceptible to experimental infection, and the naturally acquired PCM-disease was reported only recently in a dog from Brazil. The present work reports the second case of naturally acquired PCM in a 6-year-old female dog that presented emaciation, lymphadenomegaly, and hepatosplenomegaly. Biochemical and pulmonary radiographic evaluation did not reveal any abnormalities. PCM was diagnosed by clinical findings, culturing, immunohistochemistry, and histopathology of popliteal lymph node. The fungus was recovered from popliteal lymph node, and the molecular analysis showed respective sequencing similarities of 99 and 100% for 803 nucleotides of the Gp43 gene and 592 nucleotides from the ITS-5.8S region of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Immunohistochemistry revealed severe lymphadenitis and presented numerous yeasts, which reacted against the gp43 antibody. Histopathology revealed a severe granulomatous lymphadenitis associated with numerous single or multiple budding yeasts. After diagnosis, the dog was successfully treated with itraconazol for 2 years. Veterinarians should be aware of the importance of considering PCM for differential diagnosis, especially in dogs from PCM-endemic areas, whose monophagocytic system involvement is evident.

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  1. Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine for Companion Animals, PUCPR, São José dos Pinhais, PR, Brazil

    Marconi Rodrigues de Farias

  2. Department of Veterinary Hygiene and Public Health, FMVZ – UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil

    Larissa Anuska Zeni Condas & Márcio Garcia Ribeiro

  3. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, IBB – UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, 18.618-970, Brazil

    Sandra de Moraes Gimenes Bosco, Raquel Cordeiro Theodoro & Eduardo Bagagli

  4. Department of Mycology, Parana University Hospital, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Marisol Dominguez Muro

  5. Werner & Werner Pathology Laboratory, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Juliana Werner

  6. Department of Dermatology and Radiotherapy, FMB – UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil

    Sílvio Alencar Marques

  7. Department of Pathology, Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Marcello Franco

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Rodrigues de Farias, M., Anuska Zeni Condas, L., Garcia Ribeiro, M. et al. Paracoccidioidomycosis in a Dog: Case Report of Generalized Lymphadenomegaly. Mycopathologia 172, 147–152 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-011-9412-z

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