Brain abscess in a dog immunosuppressed using cyclosporin. Academic Article

abstract

• This report describes a dog that developed brain abscesses following prolonged immunosuppression with cyclosporin. Bacteria within the abscess were most likely Nocardia, an organism well recognised in immunosuppressed humans, and probably reached the brain through haematogenous spread from a more long-standing abscess in the mediastinum. Bacterial brain abscesses developing in this manner are very rare in dogs and this case highlights the wider range of possible diagnoses that need to be considered in immunosuppressed patients and the care with which potent drugs such as cyclosporin should be used.

authors

• Jeffery, Nicholas

published proceedings

• Vet J

author list (cited authors)

• Smith, P. M., Haughland, S. P., & Jeffery, N. D.

citation count

• 23

complete list of authors

• Smith, PM||Haughland, SP||Jeffery, ND

publication date

• May 2007

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• The Veterinary Journal  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Brain Abscess
• Cyclosporine
• Dog Diseases
• Dogs
• Fatal Outcome
• Female
• Immunohistochemistry
• Immunosuppression Therapy
• Immunosuppressive Agents
• Nocardia

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.tvjl.2006.01.014

start page

• 675

end page

• 678

volume

• 173

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2006.01.014