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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2021

Disseminated Rasamsonia argillacea species complex infections in 8 dogs.

Jonathan D Dear, Krystle L Reagan, Sean E Hulsebosch, Chai-Fei Li, Matthew John Lodge Munro, Barbara A Byrne, Verena K Affolter, Nathan Wiederhold, Connie Cañete-Gibas, Jane E Sykes

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jonathan D DearDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7166-1442
Krystle L ReaganDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-6352
Sean E HulseboschDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Chai-Fei LiDepartment of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Matthew John Lodge MunroFaculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3899-5915
Barbara A ByrneDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, 1285 Veterinary Medicine Drive, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Verena K AffolterDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, 1285 Veterinary Medicine Drive, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Nathan WiederholdFungus Testing Laboratory, Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Connie Cañete-GibasFungus Testing Laboratory, Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Jane E SykesDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
University of California, Davis · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · USThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundClinical features, treatment, and outcome of opportunistic infections with Rasamsonia spp., a nonpigmented filamentous mold, are not well documented in dogs.

objectivesDescribe clinical, radiographic, pathologic features, and outcome of dogs with disseminated Rasamsonia species complex infections. ANIMALS: Eight client-owned dogs.

methodsRetrospective case series. Medical records were reviewed to describe signalment, history, clinicopathologic and imaging findings, microbiologic and immunologic results, cyto- and histopathologic diagnoses, treatment, and outcome.

resultsPresenting complaints were nonspecific with anorexia (n = 5) and back pain (n = 4) most common. Five dogs were German Shepherd dogs. Six dogs had multifocal discospondylitis and 2 had pleural effusion. Six dogs had Rasamsonia piperina and 2 had Rasamsonia argillacea infections with isolates identified using DNA sequencing. Rasamsonia spp. were isolated by urine culture in 5 of 7 dogs. Five of 6 dogs had positive serum Aspergillus galactomannan antigen enzyme immunoassay (EIA) results. Median survival time was 82 days, and 317 days for dogs that survived to discharge. Four died during initial hospitalization (median survival, 6 days). All isolates had low minimum effective concentrations (MECs) to echinocandins with variable minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for azole antifungal drugs. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Rasamsonia spp. infections in dogs are associated with multisystemic disease involving the vertebral column, central nervous system, kidneys, spleen, lymph nodes, lungs, and heart. The infection shares clinical features with other systemic mold infections and can be misidentified when using phenotypical microbiologic methods. Molecular techniques are required to identify the organism and guide appropriate antifungal treatment.

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Dog DiseasesEurotialesAnimalsAntifungal AgentsDogsRetrospective StudiesAntifungal AgentscaninediscospondylitisfungalmicrobiologyRasamsonia

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