Abstract
The filamentous basidiomycetous fungus, Oxyporus corticola, has not previously been reported in the human or veterinary medical literature. Identification of this organism as the etiologic agent of fungal osteomyelitis and multiorgan dissemination in a German shepherd dog was confirmed by comparison of ITS and D1/D2 sequences with known isolates.
Acknowledgements
B.L.W is supported by grant# PR054228, from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. The authors thank Elizabeth Thompson for her efforts in working up the isolate for identification and Dora McCarthy for antifungal susceptibility testing.
Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.