title: Spontaneous vegetative endocarditis due to Enterococcus faecalis in a rottweiler puppy.
abstract: A 5-month-old female Rottweiler was referred because of a 5-week diarrhea and a sudden onset of a cardiac murmur auscultated by its veterinarian. Definitive diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis was based on ultrasonographic visualization of vegetative cardiac lesions and positive cultures of Enterococcus faecalis in blood and urine. Complicating findings were suppurative nephritis and renal infarction. Despite intensive supportive care, the endocarditis and clinical condition deteriorated and the dog had to be euthanized.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Cardiologie d'Alfort, Unité pédagogique d'immunologie-microbiologie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tessier-Vetzel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carlos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dandrieux
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Boulouis
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pouchelon
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chetboul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000652:urine; D004285:Dogs; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000652:urine / Q000662:veterinary*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000652:urine / Q000662:veterinary*; D014463:Ultrasonography