Septic fibrinous pericarditis in a cocker spaniel

Septic fibrinous pericarditis in a cocker spaniel

A four-year-old cocker spaniel presented with cardiac tamponade due to a pericardial effusion, in addition to pyrexia and peripheral neutrophilia and a recent history of chest trauma. Cytological examination of the pericardial effusion revealed a predominant neutrophilia. The echocardiographic findi...

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Published in:Journal of small animal practice Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 117 - 120
Main Authors: Stafford Johnson, J.M, Martin, M.W.S, Stidworthy, M.F
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-03-2003
Subjects:
animal injuries
Animals
Cardiac Tamponade - etiology
Cardiac Tamponade - veterinary
chest
Citrobacter
Citrobacter - isolation & purification
Cocker Spaniel
Diagnosis, Differential
Dog Diseases - diagnosis
Dog Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Dog Diseases - pathology
Dogs - injuries
echocardiography
fibrin
Male
microbiology
mixed infection
necropsy
pericardial effusion
Pericardial Effusion - etiology
Pericardial Effusion - veterinary
pericarditis
Pericarditis - complications
Pericarditis - diagnosis
Pericarditis - veterinary
pericardium
Pseudomonas
Pseudomonas - isolation & purification
Streptococcus - isolation & purification
Streptococcus canis
Ultrasonography
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Summary:A four-year-old cocker spaniel presented with cardiac tamponade due to a pericardial effusion, in addition to pyrexia and peripheral neutrophilia and a recent history of chest trauma. Cytological examination of the pericardial effusion revealed a predominant neutrophilia. The echocardiographic findings were of numerous hyperechoic densities in the pericardial space, due to fibrin, with concurrent thickening and distortion of the pericardium. Postmortem examination, including microbiology, revealed the presence of organising septic fibrinous pericarditis associated with a mixed infection of Streptococcus canis, Citrobacter species, Pseudomonas species and α-haemolytic streptococci.
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ISSN:0022-4510
1748-5827
DOI:10.1111/j.1748-5827.2003.tb00131.x