Cardiac manifestations of borreliosis in a dog: a case report
Autor: | P. Kohout, Kateřina Kybicová, Carlos Agudelo, Pavel Schánilec |
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Rok vydání: | 2011 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Myocarditis Heart disease 040301 veterinary sciences 030106 microbiology Cardiomyopathy 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Pericarditis Lyme disease medicine Borrelia burgdorferi General Veterinary medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry Dilated cardiomyopathy 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Immunology business Electrocardiography |
Zdroj: | Veterinární medicína. 56:85-92 |
ISSN: | 1805-9392 0375-8427 |
DOI: | 10.17221/1577-vetmed |
Popis: | In Europe Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. It presents with a variety of clinical manifestations including heart disease and problems of the nervous system, skin and joints. Lyme carditis occurs in 4-10% of infected humans and is characterized by a plethora of cardiovascular syndromes such as arrhythmia, myocarditis, and pericarditis among others. This article is a case report of a serologically posi- tive ( B. burgdorferi s.l.) dog, in which the antibody dynamics correlated with clinical, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic findings of heart disease resembling human Lyme-induced dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). |
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