Bacterial myocarditis secondary to parvovirus enteritis in a puppy.
A purulent bacterial myocarditis, secondary to parvovirus enteritis was diagnosed in a 3-month-old St Bernard puppy. The clinical course was of 2 days duration and was characterized by pyrexia, severe vomition, haemorrhagic diarrhoea and dehydration. Post mortem examination revealed a haemorrhagic enteritis and multifocal purulent myocarditis. Histopathological examination proved that the latter was of bacterial origin. It is postulated that this resulted from a bacteraemia secondary to the intestinal lesions caused by parvovirus infection.
D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D004751:Enteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*