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Case Reports
. 2016 Sep;18(3):271-277.
doi: 10.1016/j.jvc.2016.04.005. Epub 2016 Jun 27.

Successful treatment of mitral valve endocarditis in a dog associated with 'Actinomyces canis-like' infection

N Balakrishnan  1 , K Alexander  1 , B Keene  1 , S Kolluru  1 , M L Fauls  2 , I Rawdon  1 , E B Breitschwerdt  3
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Successful treatment of mitral valve endocarditis in a dog associated with 'Actinomyces canis-like' infection

N Balakrishnan et al. J Vet Cardiol. 2016 Sep.

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.

Keywords: 16s rDNA PCR; Actinomycosis; Bacterial endocarditis; Blood culture.

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