Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in a neonatal foal

Vet Rec. 2002 Oct 26;151(17):505-8. doi: 10.1136/vr.151.17.505.

Abstract

A 13-day-old foal with profound tachypnoea and respiratory distress was examined. Thoracic radiographs revealed a severe, diffuse miliary pattern, and the foal was markedly hypoxaemic. It failed to improve with empirical treatment, and was euthanased. Lesions associated with Coccidioides immitis infection were identified at postmortem examination, and were limited to the lower respiratory tract.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Coccidioides / pathogenicity
  • Coccidioidomycosis / diagnosis
  • Coccidioidomycosis / microbiology
  • Coccidioidomycosis / veterinary*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Horse Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Horse Diseases / microbiology
  • Horse Diseases / pathology
  • Horses
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnosis
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / veterinary*
  • Radiography, Thoracic / veterinary