Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with lung abscess and heart infection treated for collapsed lung
By Forrester, S D et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1992·Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Pneumothorax in a dog with a pulmonary abscess and suspected infective endocarditis.
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Plain-English summary
A dog with a lung infection and heart issues was brought in for breathing problems and a fever. Despite four days of draining air from its chest, the condition called pneumothorax (air in the chest cavity) didn’t improve. The vet performed surgery to remove the part of the lung causing the air leak and started the dog on antibiotics for the suspected heart infection. After the surgery and treatment, the dog's breathing problems and fever went away, and it started to recover well.
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Abstract
Nontraumatic pneumothorax was diagnosed in a dog with a pulmonary abscess and evidence of infectious endocarditis, including fever, mitral murmur, and vegetative lesion of mitral valve leaflets. Pneumothorax persisted after 4 days of continuous thoracic drainage. At exploratory thoracotomy, the diaphragmatic lung lobe was identified as the source of air leakage and was excised. Results of culturing of blood and lung tissue for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria were negative. Antibiotics were administered because of suspected bacterial endocarditis. Pneumothorax and fever resolved after surgical and medical treatments.
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