Meningoencephalitis caused by Mycoplasma edwardii in a dog

J Vet Diagn Invest. 2010 Sep;22(5):805-8. doi: 10.1177/104063871002200530.

Abstract

A 6-week-old, female, mixed-breed dog with a clinical history of sudden onset of neurologic signs was presented for necropsy. The dog was diagnosed with suppurative and histiocytic meningoencephalitis based on necropsy findings and histopathology. Mycoplasma sp. was isolated in pure culture from the brain and meninges and was identified as Mycoplasma edwardii using DNA sequencing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Brain / microbiology
  • Brain / pathology
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Dog Diseases / microbiology*
  • Dogs
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Meningoencephalitis / microbiology
  • Meningoencephalitis / pathology
  • Meningoencephalitis / veterinary*
  • Mycoplasma / genetics
  • Mycoplasma / isolation & purification
  • Mycoplasma Infections / complications
  • Mycoplasma Infections / pathology
  • Mycoplasma Infections / veterinary*
  • Skull / microbiology
  • Skull / pathology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial