Chronic canine ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia canis): a retrospective study of 19 natural cases
| Autor: | Leonidas Leontides, Vassilios Kontos, Barbara C. Hegarty, Charalambos Billinis, Alex F. Koutinas, Mathios E. Mylonakis, Edward B. Breitschwerdt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Anaplasma platys
Male Ehrlichia canis animal diseases Dogs parasitic diseases Medicine Animals Anaplasma Dog Diseases Small Animals Fluorescent Antibody Technique Indirect Retrospective Studies Antigens Bacterial Bartonella vinsonii biology business.industry Ehrlichiosis bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification Virology Antibodies Bacterial Blood Cell Count Canis Immunology Ehrlichiosis (canine) Chronic Disease Female Seasons Leishmania infantum business Rickettsia conorii |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. 40(3) |
| ISSN: | 1547-3317 |
| Popis: | Nineteen dogs from Greece with chronic ehrlichiosis were studied. The dogs exhibited bicytopenia or pancytopenia, bone marrow hypoplasia, seroreactivity to Ehrlichia canis (E. canis) antigens, and had no history of drug or radiation exposure. Anorexia, depression, severe bleeding tendencies, hypoalbuminemia, and increased serum alanine aminotransferase activity were also hallmarks of the disease. All these animals eventually died, irrespective of the treatment applied. Some dogs were also serologically positive for Rickettsia conorii, Leishmania infantum (L. infantum), and Bartonella vinsonii subspp. berkhoffii. Polymerase chain reaction testing of bone marrow samples revealed E. canis, Anaplasma phagocytophilia, Anaplasma platys, and L. infantum in some dogs. Concurrent infections did not appear to substantially influence the clinical course and final outcome of the chronic canine ehrlichiosis. |
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