Selwyn Arlington Headley, Ana Laura Paulino Leite Gomes, Tayná Messias Martinelli, Juliana Torres Tomazi Fritzen, Ana Laura Vanzela, Flavia Helena Pereira da Silva, Taís Gaspar, Lucienne Garcia Pretto Giordano, Amauri Alcindo Alfieri, Lucas Alecio Gomes
Candidiasis is a fungal disease caused by Candida albicans or other members of the genus Candida. Descriptions of candidiasis are comparatively reduced in veterinary relative to human medicine, with no cases of mammary candidiasis being identified in pet animals. This report presents the cytological, pathological, and molecular findings of mammary candidiasis with embolic dissemination in a postpartum dog. A 1-year-old, female Shih-tzu dog that had recently given birth was admitted to a veterinary teaching hospital in Southern Brazil after repeated episodes of intermittent mammary disease and a neurological syndrome...
October 30, 2023: Microbial Pathogenesis