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Enfermedades de los Gatos/diagnóstico , Enfermedades de las Encías/veterinaria , Quistes Odontogénicos/veterinaria , Animales , Biopsia con Aguja Fina/veterinaria , Enfermedades de los Gatos/patología , Gatos , Enfermedades de las Encías/diagnóstico , Enfermedades de las Encías/patología , Masculino , Quistes Odontogénicos/diagnóstico , Quistes Odontogénicos/patologíaRESUMEN
This report describes a dog infected with Hepatozoon canis, the first canine infection in the Republic of Korea. A 2-year-old intact male Maltese dog presented with anorexia and depression. Physical examinations revealed mild dehydration and hyperthermia (39.8°C), and blood analysis showed pancytopenia. Diff-Quik staining of blood smear specimens showed the presence of ellipsoidal shaped structures (gamonts of H. canis) within a small number of neutrophils. Real-time PCR analysis using whole blood confirmed infection by H. canis. The clinical condition of the dog improved after symptomatic treatment and administration of doxycycline. Although a molecular epidemiologic survey in Korea showed H. canis infection of dogs, to our knowledge this is the first report of a dog infection in Korea molecularly shown to be H. canis.