SEPTIC COXOFEMORAL ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOMYELITIS IN A DOG |
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| Authors: | Lyndell Levitt BS DVM J David Fowler BS DVM MVSc |
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| Institution: | Department of Veterinary Anesthesiology, Radiology and Surgery, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N OWO Canada. |
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| Abstract: | An 8-year-old male Labrador retriever presented with a rear limb lameness cased by an osteolytic lesion of the left acetabulum and femoral head and neck. Initial bone biopsy study was nondiagnostic. Histopathologic study and culture of the subsequently excised femoral head and neck revealed a Staphyloccocus intermedial arthritis and osteomyelitis. Neoplash was ruled out on the basis of histopathologic analysis. |
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| Keywords: | dog septic arthritis osteomyelitis Staphylococcus sp |
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