Isolation and biological and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from canine cutaneous toxoplasmosis in Brazil

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Dec;52(12):4419-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02001-14. Epub 2014 Sep 24.

Abstract

Cutaneous toxoplasmosis is a rare manifestation. This study represents a case report of an immunosuppressed dog that developed nodular dermal lesions caused by Toxoplasma gondii. The isolate (TgDgBr20) was characterized as mouse virulent and was genotyped as type BrI (ToxoDB genotype 6) using PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and as Africa 1 through microsatellite analysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil
  • DNA, Protozoan / genetics
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Dog Diseases / parasitology*
  • Dogs
  • Genotype
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • Toxoplasma / classification
  • Toxoplasma / genetics
  • Toxoplasma / isolation & purification*
  • Toxoplasma / physiology*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Animal / parasitology*
  • Virulence

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan