英文翻譯(勿用翻譯軟體) - 寵物

Case report. A 9-year-old male, neutered shepherd mix from San Francisco was referred to the University of California , Davis , Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital for evaluation of lameness and obtunded mentation in January 2000. Blood cultures performed at that time were negative. Echocardiography revealed a hyperechoic vegetative lesion on the right coronary cusp of the aortic valve and severe aortic insufficiency. The lesion was consistent with severe infective aortic, valvular endocarditis. The dog (dog 318006) died in August 2000, and DNA was extracted from the damaged aortic valve following necropsy. The Bartonella strain infecting this dog was identified as closely related to B. clarridgeiae (designated B. clarridgeiae-like) based on the PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) pattern and partial sequencing of the citrate synthase (gltA) gene. The B. clarridgeiae antibody titer was determined by immunofluorescence to be 1:1,024. Further identification of the infecting species was not undertaken at the time (18).