Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Yoshimi HAGIWARA; Shunsuke FUJIWARA; Hirotake TAKAI; Koichi OHNO; Kenichi MASUDA; Takahisa FURUTA; Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA; Kunio DOI; Hajime TSUJIMOTO

doi:10.1292/jvms.63.349

Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Yoshimi HAGIWARA, Shunsuke FUJIWARA, Hirotake TAKAI, Koichi OHNO, Kenichi MASUDA, Takahisa FURUTA, Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Kunio DOI, Hajime TSUJIMOTO

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Yoshimi HAGIWARA
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo
Shunsuke FUJIWARA
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo
Hirotake TAKAI
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo
Koichi OHNO
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo
Kenichi MASUDA
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo
Takahisa FURUTA
Department of Parasitology, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo
Kunio DOI
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo
Hajime TSUJIMOTO
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo

Keywords: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, immunodeficiency, Pneumocystis carinii

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2001 Volume 63 Issue 3 Pages 349-351

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.63.349

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Abstract

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was diagnosed by postmortem examination of a one-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with four-week history of dyspnea. Cytologic and histologic examination of lung tissues revealed numerous P. carinii trophozoites and cysts, and P. carinii specific DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction. The dog showed hypogammagloblinemia and extremely low levels of serum IgG. It was considered that P. carinii pneumonia in this case was associated with an immunodeficient condition which has already been reported in Miniature Dachshunds.

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