Abstract
A case of oropharyngitis caused byMalassezia pachydermatisin a 3‐year‐old male Cocker Spaniel is reported. Recurrent episodes of pharyngitis were treated with antibacterial antibiotics; when a final treatment after tooth extraction was unsuccessful, the dog was admitted to the clinic at the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the Veterinary Faculty, University of Zagreb. Bacteriological culture of enlarged tonsils revealed a mixed culture ofStreptococcussp.,Staphylococcussp. andPasteurellasp. During antibacterial treatment with amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid and metronidazole, lesions appeared in the oral cavity and mycological examination of the lesions and enlarged tonsils revealed a pure culture ofM.pachydermatis. The patient was treated with ketoconazole, 10 mg kg−1twice daily for 7 days when the lesions resolved.M. pachydermatisstrains from the mouth and from various sites on the dog’s body had identical protein patterns and DNA profiles which differed from strains from other animals.
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