A new urine culture from a cystocentesis sample obtained 10 days later, yielded no growth. Despite the grave prognosis canine patients with aor- tic bacterial endocarditis carry, the patient in this case had a positive outcome and was still alive 25 months following initial diagnosis. The...
culture preparations (Hilt et al., 2014). The EQUC specifically analyzed a larger volume of urine, which was subject to different atmospheric conditions and longer incubation times. Hilt et al. then compared standard culture protocols to the EQUC protocol in 65 samples from patients wit...
Some of the peripheral manifestations of IE, such as Osler's nodes, also may result from a deposition of circulating immune complexes. Pathologically, these lesions resemble an acute Arthus reaction. The finding of positive culture aspirates in Osler's nodes188 suggests, however, that they may ...
In the first case, a cat presented with a chronic otitis externa, from which A. pyogenes was isolated in pure culture. The second case involved a dog with a urinary tract infection, where A. pyogenes was isolated from urine as the predominant bacterial species. In both cases, the A. ...
The antigens precipitated from culture media of A. bovis grown in a broth of casamino acids, yeast extract, tween 80, Na thioglycolate, dextrose and NaCl, were purified by fractional precipitation and 2 serologically active substances were characterized. Although these differed in chemical activity ...
withapulseoximetryof99%.Therewereneitherpathologicalfeaturesnordentaldiseases.Laboratorytestsrevealedamildbiologicalinflamma-torysyndromewithaC-reactiveprotein(CRP)levelof122.86nmol/Landanormalwhitebloodcellcountof5.9×109/L.Thepatientprevi-ouslytestednegativeforHIV,pneumococcalandlegionellaantigensintheurine.Threesputum...
We report the case of a 70-year-old male with repeated, culture-negative urinary tract infections while intermittently catheterized. At presentation, the patient reported a new episode of urinary tract infection with white discharge in his urine. Transrectal ultrasonography showed two lesions in the...
Blood, stool, and urine samples were collected in order to address the source of infection, but all the cultures resulted negative. The chest X-ray showed thickening of the left pleura and an increased pleural effusion (Figure 1a). A CT scan showed thickening of the left pleura (split ...