Cockwill Ken R, Taylor Susan M, Philibert Helene M, Breitschwerdt Edward B, Maggi Ricardo G
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.
Can Vet J. 2007 Aug;48(8):839-44.
A dog referred for lameness was diagnosed with culture-negative endocarditis. Antibodies to Bartonella spp. were detected. Antibiotic treatment resulted in transient clinical improvement, but the dog developed cardiac failure and was euthanized. Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype IV was identified within the aortic heart valve lesions by PCR amplification and DNA sequencing.
一只因跛行前来就诊的犬被诊断为培养阴性的心内膜炎。检测到巴尔通体属的抗体。抗生素治疗使临床症状得到短暂改善,但该犬出现心力衰竭并实施了安乐死。通过聚合酶链反应(PCR)扩增和DNA测序,在主动脉心脏瓣膜病变中鉴定出文森巴尔通体伯克霍夫亚种基因型IV。