Coinfection with multiple tick-borne and intestinal parasites in a 6-week-old dog.
Coinfection with Ehrlichia canis, Babesia canis, Hepatozoon canis, Isospora spp., Giardia spp., and Dipylidium caninum were detected in a 6-week-old dog. The effect of multi-pathogen infection was a fatal combination of gastrointestinal and hematologic abnormalities, including diarrhea, vomiting, anorexia, distended painful abdomen, intussusception, severe thrombocytopenia, anemia, and hypoproteinemia.
Gal
Arnon
A
School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel. agal2@uiuc.edu
Harrus
Shimon
S
Arcoh
Itamar
I
Lavy
Eran
E
Aizenberg
Itzhak
I
Mekuzas-Yisaschar
Yael
Y
Baneth
Gad
G
D000818:Animals; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs; D041061:Ehrlichia canis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005872:Giardia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D007549:Isospora / Q000302:isolation & purification; D021865:Isosporiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*