Aspergillosis
Chapter 65 Aspergillosis Jane E. Sykes Overview of Aspergillosis First Described: Invasive aspergillosis was first described in 1815 in a jackdaw bird (Mayer)1 Cause: Aspergillus spp. (an ascomycete, teleomorphs Neosartorya,…
Canine and Feline Hepatozoonosis
Chapter 77 Canine and Feline Hepatozoonosis Nancy Vincent-Johnson Overview of Canine Hepatozoonosis First Described: Hepatozoon canis, India, 1905 (James)1; Hepatozoon americanum, USA, 1978 (Craig and others)2 Cause: Hepatozoon canis, Hepatozoon…
Mycobacterial Infections
Chapter 44 Mycobacterial Infections Jane E. Sykes and Danièlle A. Gunn-Moore Overview of Mycobacterial Infections in Dogs and Cats First Described: Evidence of tuberculosis in humans dates back to 2400…
Osteomyelitis, Discospondylitis, and Infectious Arthritis
Chapter 85 Osteomyelitis, Discospondylitis, and Infectious Arthritis Jane E. Sykes and Amy S. Kapatkin Overview of Musculoskeletal System Infections Causes: The most common cause of osteomyelitis and infectious monoarthritis in…
Pyoderma, Otitis Externa, and Otitis Media
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…
Dermatophytosis
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…
Feline Coronavirus Infection
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,…
Leptospirosis
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…
Toxoplasmosis
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:…
Coccidioidomycosis
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…
