Vet Med - Czech, 2011, 56(2):85-92 | DOI: 10.17221/1577-VETMED

Cardiac manifestations of borreliosis in a dog: a case report

C.F. Agudelo1, P. Schanilec1, K. Kybicova2, P. Kohout1
1 University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
2 National Institute of Public Health, National Reference Laboratory of Lyme Borreliosis, Prague, Czech Republic

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

Published: February 28, 2011  Show citation

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Agudelo CF, Schanilec P, Kybicova K, Kohout P. Cardiac manifestations of borreliosis in a dog: a case report. Vet Med - Czech. 2011;56(2):85-92. doi: 10.17221/1577-VETMED.
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