Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10971378 | Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 2013 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
We compared clinicopathologic findings in dogs with Bartonella infection to Bartonella spp. negative dogs suspected of a vector-borne disease. Cases (n = 47) and controls (n = 93) were selected on the basis of positive or negative enrichment culture PCR results, respectively. Signalment, clinicopathologic findings and treatments were extracted from medical records. DNA sequencing identified Bartonella henselae (n = 28, 59.6%), Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii (n = 20, 42.6%), Bartonella koehlerae (n = 3, 6.4%), Bartonella volans-like (n = 3, 6.4%) and Bartonella bovis (n = 1, 2.1%). There were no significant differences in age, breed, size, sex or neuter status between cases and controls. Dogs infected with Bartonella sp. often had a history of weight loss [OR = 2.82; 95% CI: 1.08-7.56] and were hypoglobulinemic [OR = 4.26; 95% CI: 1.31-14.41]. With the exception of weight loss and hypoglobulinemia, clinicopathologic abnormalities in Bartonella-infected dogs in this study were similar to dogs suspected of other vector-borne infections.
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Authors
Cristina Pérez Vera, Pedro Paulo V.P. Diniz, Elizabeth L. Pultorak, Ricardo G. Maggi, Edward B. Breitschwerdt,