title: Successful treatment of mitral valve endocarditis in a dog associated with 'Actinomyces canis-like' infection.
abstract: Infective endocarditis, an inflammation of the endocardial surface due to invasion by an infectious agent, is more common in middle sized to large breed dogs. We herein report a case of mitral valve endocarditis in a 9-year-old male-castrated Weimaraner caused by an Actinomyces canis-like bacterium, not previously reported in association with infection in dogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Dr., Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Dr., Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Dr., Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Keene
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Dr., Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kolluru
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Dr., Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fauls
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Dr., Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rawdon
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences and the Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, North Carolina State University, 1060 William Moore Dr., Raleigh, NC 27607, USA. Electronic address: ed_breitschwerdt@ncsu.edu.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Breitschwerdt
mesh_terms: D000190:Actinomyces; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve
keywords: 16s rDNA PCR; Actinomycosis; Bacterial endocarditis; Blood culture