Thoracic and vertebral osteomyelitis caused by actinomycosis in a dog
Dunbar, M.; Vulgamott, J.C.
Veterinary Medicine-Small Animal Clinician 76(8): 1159-1161
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4889 PMID: 6914854 Document Number: 172481
In a 5-yr-old female Boxer with a history of dyspnea and lethargy, radiographs taken after thoracentesis, when 150 ml of seropurulent fluid was removed, indicated an ill-defined mass adjacent to the diaphragm. Exploratory surgery and subsequent microscopic and cultural examination of an excised portion of the mass revealed a suppurative granuloma containing sulphur granules. Actinomyces organisms were seen occasionally in the centre of the inflammatory reaction. Clinical recovery followed surgery and treatment with high doses (up to 100 000 IU/kg body weight/day) of penicillin G.