Abstract
Mycobacterium fortuitum was isolated in a sample of bronchial fluid collected by transtracheal aspiration from a 1-year-old Corgi dog with a productive cough of 10 days' duration and with radiographic and cytological features of acute suppurative bronchopneumonia. The dog responded favourably to intravenous gentamicin and cephalexin for three days and a six week course of oral ciprofloxacin. Saprophytic mycobacterial pneumonia should be considered in cases of severe pulmonary consolidation in young dogs.
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Animals
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Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
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Bronchopneumonia / drug therapy
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Bronchopneumonia / microbiology
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Bronchopneumonia / veterinary*
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Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use
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Dog Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Dog Diseases / drug therapy
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Dog Diseases / microbiology*
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Dogs
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / veterinary*
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Mycobacterium fortuitum / isolation & purification*
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Radiography
Substances
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Anti-Infective Agents
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Ciprofloxacin