Case Report
An Emerging Pulmonary Haemorrhagic Syndrome in Dogs: Similar to the Human Leptospiral Pulmonary Haemorrhagic Syndrome?
Table 1
Clinical and laboratory findings, PCR and immunohistochemical detection of Leptospira spp. in 15 dogs with acute pulmonary haemorrhage syndrome.
| Animal | Azotemia/increased hepatic enzymes | Thrombocytopenia | MAT [20] | Leptospira detection by PCR [20] | Leptospira detection by IHC (lung, liver, kidney) |
| Animals with a clinical diagnosis of leptospirosis [20] | | | | | 1 | +/+ | + | − | Urine | − | 2 | +/+ | + | − | Blood | − | 3 | +/+ | + | − | Urine, blood | − | 4 | +/+ | + | + | - | − | 5 | +/+ | + | − | Urine, blood | − | 6 | +/+ | + | − | Urine, blood, lung | − |
| Animals without a clinical diagnosis of leptospirosis | | | | | 7 | +/+ | + | − | − | − | 8 | n.t. | n.t. | n.t. | Lung, kidney | − | 9 | n.t. | n.t. | n.t. | − | − | 10 | n.t. | n.t. | n.t. | Lung, kidney | − | 11 | n.t. | n.t. | n.t. | − | − | 12 | n.t. | n.t. | n.t. | − | − | 13 | n.t. | n.t. | n.t. | − | − | 14 | n.t. | n.t. | n.t. | − | − | 15 | n.t. | n.t. | n.t. | − | − |
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n.t.: Not tested. MAT titers of >1 : 800 were considered positive.
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