Choi Ul Soo, Kim Hyun Wook, You Sung Eun, Youn Hee Jeong
Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Korea.
J Vet Sci. 2009 Mar;10(1):89-91. doi: 10.4142/jvs.2009.10.1.89.
A two-year-old male Pointer had been presented with anorexia, cachexia, and weight loss of 10-day duration. Upon physical examination, fever, lethargy, superficial lymph node enlargement, and tick infestation were noted. The only abnormality in CBC and serum chemistry analyses was mild hyperglobulinemia. Spleen was enlarged by radiography, and the lymph nodes showed neutrophilic lymphadenitis by cytological examination. A polymerase chain reaction test for babesiosis and commercial ELISA tests for Ehrlichia canis, heartworm, and Lyme disease was negative except for Lyme disease, which was verified by both an IFA-IgG test and a quantitative C(6) assay. Doxycycline was administered for 2 weeks and the recovery was uneventful. Post-treatment C(6) titer decreased to within normal limits.
一只两岁的雄性指示犬出现了持续10天的厌食、恶病质和体重减轻症状。体格检查时，发现有发热、嗜睡、浅表淋巴结肿大和蜱虫感染。血常规和血清化学分析中唯一的异常是轻度高球蛋白血症。通过X光检查发现脾脏肿大，细胞学检查显示淋巴结有嗜中性粒细胞性淋巴结炎。除莱姆病外，巴贝斯虫病的聚合酶链反应检测以及犬埃立克体、心丝虫和莱姆病的商业酶联免疫吸附测定均为阴性，莱姆病通过间接荧光抗体-免疫球蛋白G试验和定量C(6)检测得以证实。给予强力霉素治疗2周，恢复过程顺利。治疗后C(6)滴度降至正常范围内。
