Purulent pericarditis in a dog administered immune-suppressing drugs
2009
Mohri, T.(Animal Clinical Research Foundation, Kurayoshi, Tottori (Japan)) | Takashima, K. | Yamane, T. | Sato, H. | Yamane, Y.
A 5-year-old castrated mongrel dog was brought to our hospital with anorexia and vomiting. Laboratory testing revealed immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA), and so treatment was initiated with multiple immune-suppressing drugs, achieving partial remission from IMHA. However, cardiac tamponade due to purulent pericarditis was identified as a secondary disease. Culture of pericardial fluid yielded numerous Candida albicans and multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter sp. Pericardiocentesis was performed, and the condition of the dog improved. However, the dog died the next day.
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