Khoshnegah Javad, Mohri Mehrdad, Movassaghi Ahmad Reza, Mehrjerdi Hossein Kazemi
1Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box 91775-1793, Mashhad, Iran.
2Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Comp Clin Path. 2009;18(4):455-458. doi: 10.1007/s00580-008-0794-3. Epub 2009 Mar 19.
An 11-year-old male dog was presented with a 1-week history of inappetence, weight loss and hind limb paralysis. Physical examination revealed weakness, depression, incoordination of the posterior limbs, peripheral lymphadenopathy and pale mucous membranes. Laboratory analysis of blood samples revealed anaemia, thrombocytopenia and low serum albumin concentration. The diagnosis was confirmed microscopically, by demonstrating the presence of gametocytes within neutrophils in Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smears and bone marrow smear. Also, schizonts of were seen in tissue sections of muscles, lymph nodes, spleen and liver. To the best of authors' knowledge, this is the first description of infection in a dog in Iran.
一只11岁的雄性犬出现了1周的食欲不振、体重减轻和后肢麻痹病史。体格检查发现虚弱、抑郁、后肢共济失调、外周淋巴结病和黏膜苍白。血液样本的实验室分析显示贫血、血小板减少和血清白蛋白浓度低。通过在吉姆萨染色的外周血涂片和骨髓涂片中显示中性粒细胞内存在配子体，显微镜检查确诊。此外，在肌肉、淋巴结、脾脏和肝脏的组织切片中可见裂殖体。据作者所知，这是伊朗首例犬感染的描述。
