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Case Reports
. 2020 Feb 27:11:25-30.
doi: 10.2147/VMRR.S238305. eCollection 2020.

Salmonella Mesenteric Lymphadenitis Causing Septic Peritonitis in Two Dogs

Erin M Binagia  1 , Nyssa A Levy  1
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Salmonella Mesenteric Lymphadenitis Causing Septic Peritonitis in Two Dogs

Erin M Binagia et al. Vet Med (Auckl). .

Abstract

This report describes two cases of Salmonella mesenteric lymphadenitis leading to septic peritonitis in two young dogs. The cases were similar in presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and length of hospitalization. Both cases presented with clinical signs of vomiting, abdominal pain, and fever and were treated successfully via surgical debridement, omentalization, and antibiotic therapy. Both cases grew multi-drug resistant Salmonella spp. with resistance to ampicillin sulbactam, which is a common empiric antibiotic choice for cases of canine septic peritonitis. In both cases, the source of Salmonella is proposed to be the raw diet that preceded the septic peritonitis diagnosis. While Salmonella mesenteric lymphadenitis has been reported in humans and pigs, to the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of Salmonella mesenteric lymphadenitis in dogs.

Keywords: abscess; diet; raw; sepsis.

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The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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Figure 1
Abdominal radiographs with left, right, and ventrodorsal views depicting decreased serosal detail in the mid-abdomen. No mass effect was visualized.
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Figure 2
Ultrasound images of enlarged hypoechoic jejunal lymph nodes (A and B) and hypoechoic pancreas, suggesting pancreatitis (C).
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