Sammanfattning

An eleven-year-old Chinese Crested Powder Puff dog presented with polydipsia/polyuria, inappetence, diarrhea and vomiting underwent an ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsy. Two days post-biopsy the clinical condition of the dog acutely deteriorated with fever, dyspnea, ataxia and subcutaneous emphysema. Radiographs and ultrasound showed focal severe hepatic emphysema in the region of the previous liver biopsy. Post-mortem examination revealed chronic hepatitis with dissecting fibrosis, acute hepatitis with hemorrhage and in the hindlimb musculature extensive hemorrhage and necrosis. Pure cultures of the gas producing bacteria Clostridium perfringens were isolated in samples from the hind limb musculature. We propose that the hepatic emphysema in the region of the biopsy site was a result of a clostridial infection.

Nyckelord

Septicemia; Bacteriemia; Complication; Clostridium perfringens; Gas

Publicerad i

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
2014, Volym: 56, artikelnummer: 25

SLU författare

• Westgren, Frida

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Nielsen, Tove

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Uhlhorn, Margareta

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Engelsen Etterlin, Pernille

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Ley, Charles

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Klinisk vetenskap


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-56-25

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