title: [Leptospirosis with necro-haemorrhagic cholecystitis in a Boxer puppy].
abstract: A Boxer puppy from the island of Rügen, which was properly vaccinated according to its age, was presented with acute gastrointestinal symptoms. The presumptive diagnosis of leptospirosis with acute renal failure, hepatic damage, and jaundice was confirmed by seroconversion (increased titre to 1 : 800 in a non-vaccine serogroup 4 weeks after disease onset). Cholecystitis was diagnosed based on clinical symptoms and sonographic results. After an initial improvement, the puppy's condition deteriorated and cholecystectomy was performed. Histopathological diagnosis indicated a haemorrhagic necrotizing cholecystitis.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Dorothee Steil, Tierarztpraxis Quandt und Bracke, An den Wurthen 26, 17489 Greifswald, E-Mail: dorothee_broeker@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Steil
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quandt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mayer-Scholl
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sie
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Löhr
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Teifke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Canine; cholecystectomy; gallbladder; spirochetes