Cardiac manifestations of borreliosis in a dog: a case report

C.F. Agudelo, P. Schanilec, K. Kybicova and P. Kohout
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C.F. Agudelo: University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
P. Schanilec: University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
K. Kybicova: National Institute of Public Health, National Reference Laboratory of Lyme Borreliosis, Prague, Czech Republic
P. Kohout: University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic

Veterinární medicína, 2011, vol. 56, issue 2, 85-92

Abstract: In Europe Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. It presents with a variety of clinical manifestations including heart disease and problems of the nervous system, skin and joints. Lyme carditis occurs in 4-10% of infected humans and is characterized by a plethora of cardiovascular syndromes such as arrhythmia, myocarditis, and pericarditis among others. This article is a case report of a serologically positive (B. burgdorferi s.l.) dog, in which the antibody dynamics correlated with clinical, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic findings of heart disease resembling human Lyme-induced dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).

Keywords: borreliosis; atrial fibrillation; serology; cardiomegaly; dogs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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