title: First case of canine peritoneal larval cestodosis caused by Mesocestoides lineatus in Germany.
abstract: A 13-year-old Dalmatian dog was presented with a history of abdominal enlargement and reduced appetite for several months. Acute clinical signs were anorexia, vomiting and diarrhoea. During exploratory laparotomy, acute intestinal perforation due to a foreign body and peritonitis was diagnosed. In addition, the abdominal cavity was filled with multiple small (0.5 cm), white, cyst-like structures. Histopathology revealed typical cestode structures of the cyst walls but no protoscolices were found. PCR was performed with cestode specific primers of the mitochondrial 12S rDNA. The sequence showed a 99.75% identity with a Mesocestoides lineatus isolate published in the NCBI GenBank. This is the first case of canine peritoneal larval cestodosis (CPLC) in Germany and the first evidence of M. lineatus as causal agent for CPLC.
authors: Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Königsweg 67, D-14163 Berlin, Germany. wirtherle.nicole@vetmed.fu-berlin.de
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Wirtherle
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Wiemann
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ottenjann
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Linzmann
authors: E
authors: E
authors: van der Grinten
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Kohn
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Gruber
authors: P-H
authors: PH
authors: Clausen
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D008645:Mesocestoides / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*