Small Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
Small Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
J Vet Cardiol. 2020 Aug;30:69-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jvc.2020.05.005. Epub 2020 Jun 12.
A 2.5-year-old female intact British Shorthair was presented for progressive complaints of abdominal distention, increased respiratory effort, lethargy and hyporexia. Based on the clinical presentation and a loud heart murmur, a cardiac cause was suspected. An echocardiogram was performed and the presumptive diagnosis of infective endocarditis of the aortic, mitral and pulmonic valves was made. Antemortem blood culture and postmortem valve biopsy confirmed bacterial endocarditis with Enterococcus hirae as etiological agent. To the authors' best knowledge, this case report is the first to describe an infective endocarditis with vegetative lesions on three cardiac valves associated with a ventricular septal defect in a cat, and Enterococcus hirae as causative agent for endocarditis in small animals.
一只 2.5 岁的雌性英国短毛猫因进行性腹部肿胀、呼吸困难、嗜睡和食欲减退而就诊。根据临床表现和响亮的心杂音，怀疑是心脏原因。进行了超声心动图检查，拟诊为主动脉瓣、二尖瓣和肺动脉瓣感染性心内膜炎。生前血培养和死后瓣膜活检证实为细菌性心内膜炎，病原体为屎肠球菌。据作者所知，本病例报告是首例描述的猫感染性心内膜炎，伴有三个心瓣膜的赘生物性病变，同时伴有室间隔缺损，且屎肠球菌是小动物心内膜炎的病原体。
