Purulent pericarditis in a dog administered immune-suppressing drugs.
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.
Mohri
Takashi
T
Animal Clinical Research Foundation, Tottori, Japan.
Takashima
Kazuaki
K
Yamane
Tsuyoshi
T
Sato
Hideki
H
Yamane
Yoshihisa
Y
D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000254:growth & development; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D020519:Pericardiocentesis / Q000662:veterinary; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents