Chapter 84 Pyoderma, Otitis Externa, and Otitis Media Jane E. Sykes, Terry M. Nagle and Stephen D. White Overview of Pyoderma Cause: Staphylococcus pseudintermedius; less commonly Staphylococcus schleiferi and Staphylococcus…
Chapter 58 Dermatophytosis Jane E. Sykes and Catherine A. Outerbridge Overview of Dermatophytosis First Described: Dermatophytosis was described independently by several scientists in the 1830s and 1840s,1 but probable descriptions…
Chapter 20 Feline Coronavirus Infection Jane E. Sykes Overview of Feline Coronavirus Infections First Described: 19631; a viral etiology was not identified until the 1970s. Cause: Feline coronavirus (Family Coronaviridae,…
Chapter 50 Leptospirosis Jane E. Sykes Overview of Leptospirosis First Described: Heidelberg, Germany, 1886 (Adolf Weil)1 Cause: Leptospira spp. (a spirochete) Affected Hosts: Dogs, rarely cats, more than 150 other…
Chapter 72 Toxoplasmosis Michael R. Lappin Overview of Toxoplasmosis First Described: The organism that was ultimately named Toxoplasma gondii was first described in France in 1908 (Nicolle and Manceaux)1 Cause:…
Chapter 63 Coccidioidomycosis Jane E. Sykes Overview of Coccidioidomycosis First Described: 1892 (by the medical student Alejandro Posadas), in a person from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where it was initially mistaken…
Chapter 78 Trypanosomiasis Stephen C. Barr, Ashley B. Saunders and Jane E. Sykes Overview of American Trypanosomiasis First Described: Chagas’ disease (American trypanosomiasis) was first described in humans in 1909…
Chapter 74 Leishmaniosis Jane E. Sykes, Gad Baneth and Christine A. Petersen Overview of Leishmaniosis First Described: The cause of visceral leishmaniosis was first described in India in 1903 (separately…
Chapter 60 Blastomycosis Jane E. Sykes and Lindsay K. Merkel Overview of Blastomycosis First Described: 1894, in the United States by Thomas Casper Gilchrist.1 The organism was initially mistaken for…
Chapter 89 Bacterial Infections of the Genitourinary Tract Jane E. Sykes and Jodi L. Westropp Overview of Bacterial Infections of the Genitourinary Tract Causes: The most common cause of genitourinary…
