Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Jul 2024)

Treatment of Francisella philomiragia bacteremia in a dog

  • Rae McAtee,
  • Michael W. Wood,
  • Joshua B. Daniels,
  • Erin Lashnits

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.17104
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 38, no. 4
pp. 2358 – 2361

Abstract

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Abstract To describe the diagnosis and successful treatment of systemic francisellosis in a dog. An 11‐year‐old female spayed Labrador retriever presented for progressive lethargy, hyporexia, and cough. The dog was febrile with a neutrophilia, nonregenerative anemia, thrombocytopenia, and had increased activity in serum of liver‐derived enzymes. Francisella philomiragia was isolated from aerobic blood culture. The dog was treated for 6 weeks with enrofloxacin orally. Repeated aerobic blood cultures after 2 and 6 weeks of antibiotic therapy were negative. The dog was clinically normal 7 months after diagnosis with no evidence of relapse.

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